Optimize MG variance calculation for dataset standardization for logistic regression #6138
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MG variance calculation currently involks raft SG vars API. However, the abs() step of raft SG vars API introduces errors in skewed data distribution (e.g., one GPU gets small values 1 and 2, and the other GPU gets large values 98 and 99).
The PR avoids the effect of abs() when involking SG vars for calculating MG vars. The key idea is to pass a vector of zeroes when calling SG vars.