diff --git a/examples/gpce/multi-lin-regress.sql b/examples/gpce/multi-lin-regress.sql
index df596311e..7434f4483 100644
--- a/examples/gpce/multi-lin-regress.sql
+++ b/examples/gpce/multi-lin-regress.sql
@@ -29,13 +29,13 @@ COPY houses FROM STDIN DELIMITER '|';
 select * from houses limit 5;
 
 \qecho === Calculate Coefficients ======================================
-select madlib.mregr_coef(price, array[1, bedroom, bath, size])::REAL[] from houses;
+select madlib.linregr_coef(price, array[1, bedroom, bath, size])::REAL[] from houses;
 
 \qecho === Calculate R square value ====================================
-select madlib.mregr_r2(price, array[1, bedroom, bath, size])::REAL from houses;
+select madlib.linregr_r2(price, array[1, bedroom, bath, size])::REAL from houses;
 
 \qecho === Calculate t statistics ======================================
-select madlib.mregr_tstats(price, array[1, bedroom, bath, size])::REAL[] from houses;
+select madlib.linregr_tstats(price, array[1, bedroom, bath, size])::REAL[] from houses;
 
 \qecho === Calculate p values ==========================================
-select madlib.mregr_pvalues(price, array[1, bedroom, bath, size])::REAL[] from houses;
+select madlib.linregr_pvalues(price, array[1, bedroom, bath, size])::REAL[] from houses;
diff --git a/src/modules/regress/linear.cpp b/src/modules/regress/linear.cpp
index 96b7cc573..e47dcff1e 100644
--- a/src/modules/regress/linear.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/regress/linear.cpp
@@ -214,18 +214,23 @@ AnyValue LinearRegression::final(AbstractDBInterface &db,
             - ((state.y_sum * state.y_sum) / state.numRows)
           );
 
+    // total sum of squares
+    double tss
+        = state.y_square_sum
+            - ((state.y_sum * state.y_sum) / state.numRows);
+
     // coefficient of determination
-    if (what == kRSquare) {
-        // total sum of squares
-        double tss
-            = state.y_square_sum
-                - ((state.y_sum * state.y_sum) / state.numRows);
-    
+    if (what == kRSquare)    
         return ess / tss;
-    }
+
+    // In the case of linear regression:
+    // residual sum of squares (rss) = total sum of squares (tss) - explained
+    // sum of squares (ess)
+    // Proof: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sum_of_squares
+    double rss = tss - ess;
 
     // Variance is also called the mean square error
-	double variance = ess / (state.numRows - state.widthOfX);
+	double variance = rss / (state.numRows - state.widthOfX);
 
     // Precompute (X^T * X)^{-1}
     mat inverse_of_X_transp_X = inv(state.X_transp_X);
diff --git a/src/ports/postgres/modules/regress/logistic.sql_in b/src/ports/postgres/modules/regress/logistic.sql_in
index a9c6ef3d0..203b645e8 100644
--- a/src/ports/postgres/modules/regress/logistic.sql_in
+++ b/src/ports/postgres/modules/regress/logistic.sql_in
@@ -255,8 +255,8 @@ RETURNS DOUBLE PRECISION[] AS $$
     except:
         sys.path.append("PLPYTHON_LIBDIR")
         import logistic
+    global MADlibSchema
     MADlibSchema = "MADLIB_SCHEMA"
-
     return logistic.compute_logregr_coef(**globals())
 $$ LANGUAGE plpythonu VOLATILE;
 
@@ -272,8 +272,8 @@ RETURNS DOUBLE PRECISION[] AS $$
     except:
         sys.path.append("PLPYTHON_LIBDIR")
         import logistic
+    global MADlibSchema
     MADlibSchema = "MADLIB_SCHEMA"
-
     return logistic.compute_logregr_coef(**globals())
 $$ LANGUAGE plpythonu VOLATILE;
 
@@ -290,8 +290,8 @@ RETURNS DOUBLE PRECISION[] AS $$
     except:
         sys.path.append("PLPYTHON_LIBDIR")
         import logistic
+    global MADlibSchema
     MADlibSchema = "MADLIB_SCHEMA"
-
     return logistic.compute_logregr_coef(**globals())
 $$ LANGUAGE plpythonu VOLATILE;
 
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ RETURNS DOUBLE PRECISION[] AS $$
     except:
         sys.path.append("PLPYTHON_LIBDIR")
         import logistic
+    global MADlibSchema
     MADlibSchema = "MADLIB_SCHEMA"
-
     return logistic.compute_logregr_coef(**globals())
 $$ LANGUAGE plpythonu VOLATILE;