# Python lmfit takes weights into account, but Julia LsqFit package seems not to

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**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** fit, curve-fitting, lsqfit\
**Created:** [November 23, 2022, 3:20am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/python-lmfit-takes-weights-into-account-but-julia-lsqfit-package-seems-not-to/90679 "2022-11-23T03:20:16Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 23, 2022, 3:12pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/python-lmfit-takes-weights-into-account-but-julia-lsqfit-package-seems-not-to/90679/5 "2022-11-23T15:12:22Z")

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Just in case, the weights provided to `LsqFit.jl` should be inverse variances. See this [other thread](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/nonlinear-curve-fitting-with-weights-with-lsqfit/78478/11).

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