Does the mean or median better describe the shape of this data set

46,54,43,57,50,62,78,42

In this data set, the median (also known as the middle value when the data set is arranged in ascending order) better describes the shape of the data because it is less influenced by extreme values. In this case, the median is 50, which is closer to the center of the data set compared to the mean (average) of 52.88.