8.24. 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_ frcshman.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 probability 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.