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[Feature Request] Use median GPA instead of Mean #314

Open AbhiramTadepalli opened 1 week ago

AbhiramTadepalli commented 1 week ago

Overview

The median GPA is closer to the bulk of the data, and is less affected by skew. This also might mean most of the letter grades will not be a B -> easier to tell apart. Median also (from preliminary research) seems to represent the shape of the graph better.

Proposal

Consider using the median GPA instead of the mean/average in all places (Letter grade, distribution graphs, compare table, new line graph)

Supplementary Information

Open to debate, but do some mockups first

AbhiramTadepalli commented 1 week ago

I want to first just use it on LHS so we can compare how the avg letter grade maps to the graph vs median letter grade