Values of a,b,siga,sigb,chi2,q: Fit with x and y errors gives: -4.781926 1.987023 0.298884 0.021967 40.801914 0.055992 Setting x errors to zero gives: -3.861928 1.953773 0.136495 0.009377 578.978271 0.000000 ...to be compared with fit result: -3.861922 1.953773 0.132466 0.008947 578.978210 0.000000 Setting y errors to zero gives: -4.876760 1.989112 0.179945 0.015475 59.940308 0.000414 ...to be compared with fit result: -4.887378 1.990424 0.160903 0.015592 59.933216 0.000415