2. Identifying oneself as a Republican, Independent or Democrat does not necessarily mean Another researcher believes that the relationship b n identification and issue that a person is consistently liberal or conservative in his or her issue positions. A researcher positions has changed over time. The compares data from persons maked the questions in 1996 identified ten issues on which parties have taken a clear stance for the past twenty years, using and 2016 questions included in the GSS data set for the last twenty years. People were given scores on MEAN Score on Issue Sale MEAN Score on Issue Scale a scale from 0 (answered all ten with a conservative response) to 10 (answered all ten with 1926 2016 liberal response). Below are the means on this ten point scale for the three types of people Republicans (33 pts) Independents MEAN Score on Issue Scale Democrats Republicans 2.8 Independents 5.1 B. Graph the original relationship and the relationship controlling for year using the blank Democrats chart on the following page. Label all lines and awes clearly C. Analyze the data and describe the relationship. Has it changed over time? How? Have people become more consistent or less consistent? Be specific. A. What is the independent variable; the dependent variable? Is there a relationship? One your reasons for this conclusion