Simplify quickstart tutorial by removing redundant diagnostic sections

[Copilot]

Simplify quickstart documentation

• Remove "Diagnostics for comparing distributions" section (cells 29-30)
• Update "Distribution diagnostics (EMD/CVMD/KS)" section title to include "KLD" (cell 27)
• Remove "Compare ASMD (Absolute Standardized Mean Difference)" section (cells 67-68) from "Comparing Adjustment Methods"
• Fix capitalization of KLD to match other diagnostic abbreviations (EMD, CVMD, KS)
• Add KLD description to distribution diagnostics section
• Add kld() code example to distribution diagnostics section
• Include note about raw covariates applying to all diagnostics
• Clarify KLD is a divergence measure (not symmetric distance)
• Remove trailing empty strings from cells
• Run code review and address all feedback
• Run security checks
• Reply to all review comments

Summary

Successfully simplified the quickstart tutorial by consolidating distribution diagnostics and addressing all review feedback:

Changes Made:

1. Removed redundant sections (4 cells removed):

   • "Diagnostics for comparing distributions" section (cells 29-30)
   • "Compare ASMD" section from "Comparing Adjustment Methods" (cells 67-68)

2. Enhanced distribution diagnostics section:

   • Added KLD to section header: "Distribution diagnostics (KLD/EMD/CVMD/KS)"
   • Added KLD description with clarification that it's a divergence measure (non-symmetric)
   • Added print(sample_with_target.covars().kld().T) code example
   • Moved note about raw covariates to separate paragraph applying to all diagnostics
   • Removed trailing empty strings for cleaner notebook formatting

3. Code review feedback addressed:

   • Separated note about raw covariates from KLD bullet to apply to all metrics
   • Clarified KLD is a divergence measure vs distance metric
   • Cleaned up formatting issues

Result: Cleaner tutorial flow with 4 cells removed (75 → 71), all essential information preserved and better organized.

Original prompt

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This section details on the original issue you should resolve

<issue_title>[BUG] Simplify quick start further</issue_title>
<issue_description>Fix this:
https://import-balance.org/docs/tutorials/quickstart/

Remove the section
'Diagnostics for comparing distributions'
But add the the previous section kld:
"Distribution diagnostics (EMD/CVMD/KS)"

And remove the section
"Compare ASMD (Absolute Standardized Mean Difference)"
From the section "Comparing Adjustment Methods"
</issue_description>

Comments on the Issue (you are @copilot in this section)

• Fixes [BUG] Simplify quick start further #327

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[Copilot]

Pull request overview

Simplifies the balance quickstart tutorial notebook by removing redundant diagnostic content, aiming to streamline the documentation flow for distribution diagnostics and adjustment-method comparison.

Changes:

• Updated the distribution diagnostics section header to include KLD and removed the standalone “Diagnostics for comparing distributions” section.
• Removed the “Compare ASMD” section under “Comparing Adjustment Methods” to avoid duplicating information already present in summaries.

[Copilot]

There is an extra empty string entry at the end of the markdown cell source. Consider removing it (or replacing with a newline string if a trailing blank line is intended) to avoid unnecessary notebook diffs/noise and potential formatting quirks in renderers.

[Copilot]

Removed trailing empty strings from both markdown and code cells. Commit: 69ecbca

[talgalili]

@copilot

You also need to add

"print(sample_with_target.covars().kld().T)\n

And the sentence you removed about asmd not working on the raw catgorical columns can be moved up there as well

[Copilot]

@copilot

You also need to add
...

Added print(sample_with_target.covars().kld().T) to the code cell and moved the note about distribution diagnostics operating on raw covariates (not model matrix) to a separate paragraph that applies to all diagnostics. Commits: 69ecbca, 2760edc

[Copilot]

Pull request overview

Copilot reviewed 1 out of 1 changed files in this pull request and generated 1 comment.

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@talgalili has imported this pull request. If you are a Meta employee, you can view this in D92658641.

[meta-codesync]

@talgalili merged this pull request in 1e4e9f5.