diff --git a/Lib/test/test_statistics.py b/Lib/test/test_statistics.py
index 70d269d..436c420 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_statistics.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_statistics.py
@@ -2480,7 +2480,7 @@ def test_results(self):
             ([1, 2, 3], [21, 22, 23], 20, 1),
             ([1, 2, 3], [5.1, 5.2, 5.3], 5, 0.1),
         ]:
-            intercept, slope = statistics.linear_regression(x, y)
+            slope, intercept = statistics.linear_regression(x, y)
             self.assertAlmostEqual(intercept, true_intercept)
             self.assertAlmostEqual(slope, true_slope)