Generation Y’s entitlement mentality. The current workforce is dominated by “Generat...

Generation Y’s entitlement mentality. The current workforce is dominated by “Generation Y”—people born between 1982 and 1999. These workers have a reputation as having an entitlement mentality (e.g., they believe they have a right to a high-paying job without the work ethic). The reasons behind this phenomenon were investigated in Proceedings of the Academy of Educational Leadership (Vol. 16, 2011). A sample of 272 undergraduate business students was administered a questionnaire designed to capture the behaviors that lead to an entitlement mentality. The responses were used to measure the following two quantitative variables for each student: entitlement score (y)—where higher scores indicate a greater level of entitlement—and “helicopter parents” score (x)—where higher scores indicate that the student’s parents had a higher level of involvement in their everyday experiences and problems.

a. Give the equation of a simple linear regression model relating y to x.