1. Nominal think Nom or Name Nominal would be collecting animals based on there names. Here we are collecting Bears and Lions

2. Ordinal Think Order Here we are collecting things in some sort of order. We have little bears, medium bears and big bears. Notice there are no real numbers associated with ordinal data.

3. Interval data - think numbers or intervals Here we are collecting bears based on how much they weigh. We have 110-159 pound bears We have 160-219 pound bears and We have 220-269 pound bears. We have our categories based on numerical measurable data 110-125 pounds 160 -219 pounds 220-269 pounds