For the following data distribution, find the value that best defines the central tendency of the distribution and characterize the distribution.
{23, 29, 12, 14, 27, 23, 23, 18, 23, 1, 7, 18, 43, 24, 28, 17, 32, 33, 38}

To characterize the distribution, the data have to be put into a frequency distribution graph.

After graphing the data, the distribution is a bit skewed to the right although it could be considered symmetrical.
Here are the values that define the central tendency:
mean = 22.79
median = 23
mode = 23

The three are almost equal. So, the distribution can be classified as symmetrical.