1. An interactive method for selecting and displaying data and information about said data in a selected data structure, said selected data structure having a particular file structure associated therewith and comprising at least a plurality of data records, and a plurality of data fields having data therein, said method comprising the steps of: (a) accessing said selected data structure resident on a host system and reading the data therein to determine selected parameters of the distribution of said data: (b) building a plurality of distribution matrices from data contained within said selected data structure with each matrix having at least one data summary associated therewith; and (c) interactively generating at least one display from said plurality of distribution matrices for said selected data structure to provide a graphical representation of the distribution of data contained within said selected data structure.