Values of a,b,siga,sigb,chi2,q: Fit with x and y errors gives: -5.058980 2.022800 0.274571 0.020892 42.586609 0.038141 Setting x errors to zero gives: -5.538356 2.008888 0.110675 0.009360 277.534546 0.000000 ...to be compared with fit result: -5.538357 2.008888 0.104930 0.008537 277.534424 0.000000 Setting y errors to zero gives: -5.477018 2.043204 0.184778 0.012426 105.700729 0.000000 ...to be compared with fit result: -5.494896 2.044625 0.160466 0.012380 105.687660 0.000000