*intercept* will always be 0.0, the underlying linear function simplifies to: y = slope * x + noise >>> y = [3 * x[i] + noise[i] for i in range(5)] >>> linear_regression(x, y, proportional=True) #doctest: +ELLIPSIS LinearRegression(slope=2.90475..., intercept=0.0) zKlinear regression requires that both inputs have same number of data pointsry