[R] behavior of weights in nnet's multinom()

[Prof Brian Ripley]

weights=3 means `I have 3 of these'.  That is what `case weights' means.

On Fri, 1 Aug 2003, Steve Sullivan wrote:

> I see that "case weights" can be optioned in multinom().  I wanted to
> make sure I understand what weights= is expecting.  My weights (not
> really mine but I'm stuck with them) are noninteger, are not scaled to
> sum to the sample size, and larger weights are intended to increase
> influence.
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> The description of various types of weights is a perennial confusion for
> me; sorry.
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