Each year, the Wall Street Journal and Harris Interactive track the opinions and experiences of college recruiters

Question:

Each year, the Wall Street Journal and Harris Interactive track the opinions and experiences of college recruiters for large corporations and summarize the results in the Business School Survey. One of these surveys included rankings of 76 business schools. Survey data for the top 10 business schools are given in the table above. All the data are saved in the file.
a. Select one of the variables as the dependent variable, y, and another as the independent variable, x. Use your knowledge of the subject area and common sense to help you select the variables.
b. Fit the simple linear model, E(y) = Î²0 + Î²1x, to the data for all 76 business schools. Interpret the estimates of the slope and y-intercept.