Do gun owners give the Republican Party higher ratings than do 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 "owner," 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: