Lookig at your sample I would probably go with top-10 where everythig else is 'other' So you get prefixed number of slices making it easy to fix the chart. Other then that you can make percentage/number 'census' for group getting it's piece own piece of pie. Number of slices in this case varies.
HTH Sergio -----Original Message----- From: MB Software Solutions,LLC [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2010 11:21 AM To: ProFox Email List Subject: Statistical question for VFP data -- determining "Other" group Here's a chart I've quickly put together with FoxCharts and some sample data: http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com/images/sample1.png I don't want to have a zillion little crap categories; rather, I'd like to just wrap them up into a category called "Other". What's the mathematical approach for determining the cutoff and then saying "You remaining categories are "Other" ??? tia! --Mike -- Mike Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC President, Chief Software Architect http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com http://fabmate.com http://twitter.com/mbabcock16 _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
