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}
A) 23, positive skew
B) 14, positive skew
C) 34, negative skew
D) 23, negative skew