Frequency of Song Playback in iTunes using Shuffle Option

I have approximately 800 songs in iTunes and on my iPod, and I enjoy using the "shuffle" option for all of the music - all genres together. However, there are some songs that I would like to hear more frequently than others during the shuffle. I noticed a "rating" category in my iTunes library. Does this have anything to do with how frequently a song would play during shuffle? For example, if I rated a song a 5, would it play more frequently? If not, does anyone know how to set this up? I think I read about it somewhere, but now I can't figure out how to do it.... maybe it can't be done?
  Windows XP  

I don't think the rating changes how frequently songs come up in shuffle, but it does then add the highest-rated songs to the "My Top Rated" playlist...

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