Breast cancer dataset at a glance

 

The Wisconsin Breast Cancer Data Set contains 699 rows of data. Each row corresponds to a single sample (the term example is sometimes used interchangeably with a sample in the ML literature) containing nine feature measurements of digitized images of a fine needle aspirate of a breast mass.

Before we dive into the details, here is a table listing the key characteristics of the 699 rows (instances) of the Wisconsin Breast Cancer Data Set:

Breast cancer dataset characteristics

The preceding table lists nine cell nuclei attributes of the breast cancer dataset, where each attribute bears a single value. All ...

Get Modern Scala Projects now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.