One of your classmates argues that attitudes about homosexuality influence political views. The classmate hypothesizes that those who believe homosexual relations are wrong tend to be more conservative compared with those who do not think that homosexual relations are wrong. Use these GSS 2014 data to test your classmate’s hypothesis.

1. Based on your classmate’s argument, what is the dependent variable? The independent variable?
2. What percentage of those surveyed think that homosexual relations are always wrong?
3. Using the percentages in the table, describe the relationship between views about homosexual relations and political orientation?

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Homosexual Relations Political Views Always Wrong Not Wrong at All Total Liberal 43 149 192 15% 41% 30% Moderate 98 145 243 34% 40% 38% Conser vative 144 66 210 51% 18% 32% Total 285 360 645 100% 99% 100%