Given the box plot, will the mean or the median provide a better description of the center? box plot with min at 6, q1 at 7. 5, median at 8, q3 at 23, max at 32. 5 the mean, because the data distribution is symmetrical the median, because the data distribution is symmetrical the mean, because the data distribution is skewed to the right the median, because the data distribution is skewed to the right.