Writing a SQL Query to Generate Box and Whisker Charts in Excel 2016

In Excel 2016, Microsoft added Box and Whisker Charts. With this new feature, Microsoft has published a support document detailing How to Create a Box and Whisker Chart [https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Create-a-box-and-whisker-chart-62f4219f-db4b-4754-aca8-4743f6190f0d] . These instructions are great if we already have data formatted into such an a table,…

Building a Simple Multilayer Convolutional Network to Detect Cancer in MIAS Mammograms

Previously, we modified the MNIST For ML Beginners Tutorial to process Mini-MIAS imagery [http://jacob.vi/modifying-tensorflows-mnist-for-beginners-tutorial-to-search-for-cancer-in-mammograms/] . The results of this were not great. Let's try this again but with a simple Multilayer Convolutional Network (CNN) in TensorFlow [https://www.tensorflow.org/versions/r0.11/tutorials/mnist/pros/…

Importing the National Provider Database, Part II

Hello, I'm Jacob. I perform technology and strategy consulting, including data analytics and machine learning. I blog about various projects I'm working on. If this topic is interesting or relevant to your organization let's talk - hello at jacob dot vi In Importing the…

Importing the National Provider Database, Part I

Hello, I'm Jacob. I perform technology and strategy consulting, including data analytics and machine learning. I blog about various projects I'm working on. If this topic is interesting or relevant to your organization let's talk - hello at jacob dot vi Each practicing doctor…