Do gun owners give the Republican Party higher ratings than people who do not own guns<\/p>\n
Do gun owners give the Republican Party higher ratings than people who do not own guns? To find out, a researcher tests a regression model in which the dependent variable, y, is a feeling thermometer scale of the Republican Party. Respondents can give the Republican Party ratings that range from 0 (cold or negative) to 100 (warm or positive). The researcher creates a dummy variable, named \u201cowner,\u201d coded 1 for respondents who own a gun and 0 for respondents who do not. Owner is the independent variable, x. Here are the regression results: y = 44.8 + 8.0(owner) Standard error of b = 1.1 Adjusted R2 = .02 A. Based on these findings, the researcher concludes: \u201cPeople who do not own guns rated the Republicans at 44.8, on average. However, among gun owners the Republicans averaged only 8.0 on the scale. Therefore, people who do not own guns are more pro-Republican than are people who own guns.\u201d Is this inference correct? Why or why not? B. Another conclusion reached by the researcher: \u201cThe independent variable does not have a statistically significant effect on the dependent variable.\u201d Is this inference correct? Why or why not? C. Yet another of the researcher\u2019s conclusions: \u201cThe independent variable explains very little of the variation in the dependent variable.\u201d Is this inference correct? Why or why not?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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