I've made previously an histogram of the IC50 (log form) distribution divided into 20 equal intervals:

Hi,
I'm posting here in hope that you guys may help me, since I have very little knowledge on the subject.
I'm researching on data regarding cancer cells and pharmaceuticals. For each pair (cell-compound) an IC50 value is given. My goal is to improve predictive algorithms for this type of values, having cells and compounds properties as input.
At this point I'm trying to figure out what are the best IC50 limit values so I can discretize the data for classification. I know what the values represent, but I'm having trouble deciding on what values should be thresholds (low and high, good and bad).
The max and min values of my dataset are (in microMolar):
Min IC50: 6.0694369235994496E-9
Max IC50: 4282296.54676787
Thank you in advance.
This question cannot be answered by just looking at min/max values. What is the distribution of data points? Ideally there would be (usually) a lot of inactive values, and a some actives offset by a few log steps (depending on the screen design, obviously). Also, consider what is known about, for example, the targeted receptor (if there is one) and its binding characteristics, the analysis of related screens (same cell lines and different compounds, or related cells and same compound set...), etc. You definitely should look beyond the pure mathematics of your single data set.
I've made previously an histogram of the IC50 (log form) distribution divided into 20 equal intervals:

Some things worth considering:
I don't know if this is sufficient to count as an answer but perhaps it helps a bit.
Does it make sense?
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