Reference no: EM131821122

The article "Freedom of What?" (Associated Press, February 1, 2005) described a study in which high school students and high school teachers were asked whether they agreed with the following statement: "Students should be allowed to report controversial issues in their student newspapers without the approval of school authorities." It was reported that 58% of the students surveyed and 39% of the teachers surveyed agreed with the statement. The two samples-10,000 high school students and 8000 high school teachers-were selected from 544 different schools across the country. Use the given information to determine if there is convincing evidence that there is a difference between the proportion of high school students who agree that students should be allowed to report controversial issues in their student newspapers without the approval of school authorities, p₁, and the proportion of high school teachers who agree with the statement, p₂. Use a significance level of .05.