If I interpret your question correct, I'd generate a frequency table in vfp as Naomi did with cte
Select ID, count(*) as cnt from Mytabs && perhaps order by cnt

and feed that data first to a statistics program. Either a regression function can be fit or perhaps a cluster analysis can group the data.

Prearranging the # of bins is more likely to be incorrect


>Hello,
>
>I have a table with 1,500 records and with one column: ID, comprised of numeric data ranging from 1 - 1,591. As the
>numbers get higher, the frequency of their appearance increases. But what's important, is not so much any given value
>but how many numbers appear within a given range. And yes, I am trying to figure out a cutoff point that will separate
>this table into the numbers that appear with the highest frequency (they happen to be larger numbers, in this table)
>and numbers that appear less frequently (they happen to be smaller numbers.)
>So, I want to know if certain values appear more often than others, kind of like a heat map, except the response would
>be in a tabular form rather than in graphic.. Is there a way to use an SQL statement to do this? Can I preselect
>the number of ranges and their size, for example: break the table up into 20 ranges. But I can't know
>which values each of the 20 ranges will have in advance? I know it's a vague question but I wondered
>what you all might say as this kind of question is coming up a lot.
>
>Thank you,
>Steve