diff --git a/src/arr/trove/statistics.arr b/src/arr/trove/statistics.arr
index 933b76f01..4aabb05c5 100644
--- a/src/arr/trove/statistics.arr
+++ b/src/arr/trove/statistics.arr
@@ -184,32 +184,6 @@ fun stdev-sample(l :: List) -> Number:
   num-sqrt(variance-sample(l))
 end
 
-fun linear-regression(x :: List<Number>, y :: List<Number>) -> (Number -> Number):
-  doc: "returns a linear predictor function calculated with ordinary least squares regression"
-  if x.length() <> y.length():
-    raise(E.message-exception("linear-regression: input lists must have equal lengths"))
-  else if x.length() < 2:
-    raise(E.message-exception("linear-regression: input lists must have at least 2 elements each"))
-  else:
-    shadow y = map(num-to-roughnum, y)
-    shadow x = map(num-to-roughnum, x)
-    xpt-xy = math.sum(map2(lam(xi, yi): xi * yi end, x, y))
-    xpt-x-xpt-y = (math.sum(x) * math.sum(y)) / x.length()
-    covariance = xpt-xy - xpt-x-xpt-y
-    v1 = math.sum(map(lam(n): n * n end, x))
-    v2 = (math.sum(x) * math.sum(x)) / x.length()
-    variance1 = v1 - v2
-    beta = covariance / variance1
-    alpha = mean(y) - (beta * mean(x))
-
-    fun predictor(in :: Number) -> Number:
-      (beta * in) + alpha
-    end
-
-    predictor
-  end
-end
-
 # please see: https://online.stat.psu.edu/stat462/
 
 fun multiple-regression(x_s_s :: List<Any>, y_s :: List<Number>) -> (Any -> Number):
@@ -217,6 +191,22 @@ fun multiple-regression(x_s_s :: List<Any>, y_s :: List<Number>) -> (Any -> Numb
   MR.multiple-regression(x_s_s, y_s)
 end
 
+fun linear-regression(x-s :: List<Number>, y-s :: List<Number>) -> (Number -> Number):
+  doc: "returns a linear predictor function for a single independent variable"
+  x-s-n = x-s.length()
+  if x-s-n <> y-s.length():
+    raise(E.message-exception("linear-regression: input lists must have equal lengths"))
+  else if x-s-n < 2:
+    raise(E.message-exception("linear-regression: input lists must have at least 2 elements each"))
+  else:
+    predictor1 = MR.multiple-regression(x-s.map(lam(x1 :: Number): {x1} end), y-s)
+    fun predictor2(x2 :: Number) -> Number:
+      predictor1({x2})
+    end
+    predictor2
+  end
+end
+
 fun r-squared(x :: List<Number>, y :: List<Number>, f :: (Number -> Number)) -> Number:
   shadow x = map(num-to-roughnum, x)
   shadow y = map(num-to-roughnum, y)
diff --git a/src/js/trove/multiple-regression.js b/src/js/trove/multiple-regression.js
index 2e4740899..dccd0f55b 100644
--- a/src/js/trove/multiple-regression.js
+++ b/src/js/trove/multiple-regression.js
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
       }
       let sign = (r + c) % 2;
       sign = (sign === 0) ? 1 : -1;
-      return sign * matrixDeterminant(mm)
+      return sign * matrixDeterminant(mm);
     }
 
     function matrixAdjoint(m) {
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
           mc[r][c] = matrixCofactor(m, r, c);
         }
       }
-      return matrixTranspose(mc)
+      return matrixTranspose(mc);
     }
 
     function matrixInverse(m) {
@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@
       let size = m.length;
       for (let r = 0; r < size; r++) {
         for (let c = 0; c < size; c++) {
-          let x = mI[r][c]
-          mI[r][c] = x/det
+          let x = mI[r][c];
+          mI[r][c] = x/det;
         }
       }
       return mI;
@@ -126,7 +126,10 @@
       let js_y_s = runtime.ffi.toArray(y_s);
       let num_mappings = js_x_s_s.length;
       if (js_y_s.length !== num_mappings) {
-        throw runtime.ffi.throwMessageException("multiple-regression: number of inputs doesn't match number of outputs");
+        throw runtime.ffi.throwMessageException("multiple-regression: lists must have equal lengths");
+        if (num_mappings < 2) {
+          throw runtime.ffi.throwMessageException("multiple-regression: lists must have at least 2 elements each");
+        }
       }
       let X = new Array(num_mappings);
       let Y = new Array(num_mappings);
@@ -140,7 +143,7 @@
         } else if (x_s_n !== x_s_len) {
           throw runtime.ffi.throwMessageException("multiple-regression: lengths of input tuples are different");
         }
-        X[r] = new Array(x_s_len + 1)
+        X[r] = new Array(x_s_len + 1);
         let Xr = X[r];
         Xr[0] = 1;
         js_x_s.forEach(function(x, c) {