I need to fit data to a line. This data also includes tolerances.

Now, I was wondering, if there exists a method, to account for those tolerances?

For instance, a data point with a lot of tolerances should not be given the same weight as a data point with small tolerances.

Here is a sample of my data:

x| Data-point (y) | +/- tolerance

1| 120.984 | 0.426248

2| 132.194 | 0.418291

3| 130.413 | 1.260100

4| 127.687 | 0.414457

5| 125.710 | 0.410716

6| 128.188 | 1.431200

data = {{1,120.984},{2,132.194},{3,130.413},{4,127.687},{5,125.710},{6,128.188}};
tol = {{0.426248},{0.418291},{1.260100},{0.414457},{0.410716},{1.431200}};

I was thinking of applying weighted least squares, but I don't know how to implement it.

I need to fit data to a line. This data also includes tolerances.

Now, I was wondering, if there exists a method, to account for those tolerances?

For instance, a data point with a lot of tolerances should not be given the same weight as a data point with small tolerances.

Here is a sample of my data:

x| Data-point (y) | +/- tolerance

1| 120.984 | 0.426248

2| 132.194 | 0.418291

3| 130.413 | 1.260100

4| 127.687 | 0.414457

5| 125.710 | 0.410716

6| 128.188 | 1.431200

I was thinking of applying weighted least squares, but I don't know how to implement it.

data = {{1, 120.984}, {2, 132.194}, {3, 130.413}, {4, 127.687}, {5, 
    125.710}, {6, 128.188}};
tol = {0.426248, 0.418291, 1.260100, 0.414457, 0.410716, 1.431200};
LinearModelFit[data, x, x, Weights -> 1/tol]

I don't know... what do you think of the method ? Is the weight correctly chosen ?