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authorczgdp1807 <gdp.1807@gmail.com>2021-06-09 15:42:28 +0530
committerczgdp1807 <gdp.1807@gmail.com>2021-06-09 15:42:28 +0530
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@@ -936,11 +936,11 @@ class ABCPolyBase(abc.ABC):
diagnostic information from the singular value decomposition is
also returned.
w : array_like, shape (M,), optional
- Weights. If not None the contribution of each point
- ``(x[i],y[i])`` to the fit is weighted by ``w[i]``. Ideally the
- weights are chosen so that the errors of the products
- ``w[i]*y[i]`` all have the same variance. The default value is
- None.
+ Weights. If not None, the weight ``w[i]`` applies to the unsquared
+ residual ``y[i] - y_hat[i]`` at ``x[i]``. Ideally the weights are
+ chosen so that the errors of the products ``w[i]*y[i]`` all have
+ the same variance. When using inverse-variance weighting, use
+ ``w[i] = 1/sigma(y[i])``. The default value is None.
.. versionadded:: 1.5.0
window : {[beg, end]}, optional