Kurupt,
Maybe I wasn't clear at first.
The "<" & ">" characters are part of the heading used in the criteria of the CountIf function.
The CountIf function is referencing the following formula:
=IF(C13<8,"<8",IF(AND(C13>7,C13<16),"8-15",IF(AND(C13>15,C13<31),"16-30",IF(C13>30,">30"))))
Example...