bib-paper/scripts/find_grade_gain.py

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import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from scipy import stats
import numpy as np
def main():
"""
[1] H. Schuman, E. Walsh, C. Olson, and B. Etheridge, “Effort and Reward:
The Assumption that College Grades Are Affected by Quantity of Study*,”
Social Forces, vol. 63, no. 4, pp. 945966, June 1985.
"""
# [1, p. 950]
hours_studied = np.array([1, 2.5, 3.5, 4.5, 5.5, 6.5])
gpa = np.array([2.94, 2.91, 2.97, 2.86, 3.25, 3.18])
slope, intercept, r, p, std_err = stats.linregress(hours_studied, gpa)
print(f"GPA/hour (slope) of best fit line: {slope}")
plt.plot(hours_studied, gpa, label="Plot from publication")
plt.plot(hours_studied, slope * hours_studied + intercept, label="Best fit")
plt.xlabel("Hours studied")
plt.ylabel("GPA")
plt.legend()
plt.show()
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()