For college freshmen in 2004, the percent who agreed that homosexual relationships should be legally prohibited was
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For college freshmen in 2004, the percent who agreed that homosexual relationships should be legally prohibited was 38.0% of males and 23.4% of females (www.gseis.ucla.edu/heri/american freshman.html).
(a) The odds ratio is 2.01. Explain what is wrong with the interpretation, "The probability of a yes response for males is 2.01 times the proba- bility of a yes response for females." Give the correct interpretation.
(b) The odds of a yes response equaled 0.613 for males. Estimate the probability of a yes response for males.
(c) Based on the odds of 0.613 for males and the odds ratio of 2.01, show how to estimate the probability of a yes response for females.
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Statistical Methods For The Social Sciences
ISBN: 9780130272959
4th Edition
Authors: Alan Agresti, Barbara Finlay
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