Faced with the Need to Establish a Second High School

Essay

Faced with the need to establish a second high school, the school board in a small city hired psychology students at the local college to conduct a poll to assess the attitudes of students, parents, and teachers toward the proposed change. The students added the variable of gender to their questionnaire. Analyze the data and write a conclusion. High scores mean favorable attitudes. $\begin{array}{c}\begin{array}{cccc}&\text { Students }&\text {Parents }&\text {Teachers }\\ & 20 & 16 & 10 \\& 18 & 14 & 9 \\ \text { Males } & 16 & 10 & 7 \\& 14 & 9 & 7\\ & 12 & 7 & 5 \\\end{array}\begin{array}{cccc} & \text { Students } & \text { Parents } & \text { Teachers } \\\text { Females } & 25 & 21 & 14 \\& 23 & 20 & 13 \\& 19 & 20 & 11 \\& 19 & 18 & 10 \\& 15 & 14 & 9\end{array}\end{array}$