| Base weight type | Description |
| UV | Variable j is centered and scaled to "Unit Variance", i.e. the base weight is computed as 1/sdj, where sdj is the standard deviation of variable j computed around the mean . |
| Par | Variable j is centered and scaled to Pareto Variance, i.e. the base weight is computed as 1/sqrt(sdj), where sdj is the standard deviation of variable j computed around the mean. Pareto scaling is in between no scaling and UV scaling and gives the variable a variance equal to its standard deviation instead of unit variance. |
| Ctr | The variable is centered but not scaled (ws = 1) |