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Two sample tests for proportions

In recent years, the use of social media platforms as a news source appears to be on the rise. In particular, more and more Americans tend to get news on the social media site Facebook. According to surveys conducted by the Pew Research Center, 44%44\% of U.S. adults got news on Facebook in 20162016 as compared to 30%30\% in 20132013. These results were based on random samples of 4,6544{,}654 and 5,1785{,}178 U.S. adults from the years 20162016 and 20132013, respectively.
Which of the following is an appropriate set of hypotheses to test whether the use of Facebook as a news source among U.S. adults is on the rise?
Take p16p_{16} and p13p_{13} to be the proportion of all U.S. adults in 20162016 and 20132013 who got news on Facebook.
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