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I'm a little confused regarding types of data & measurement scales for statistics, including: Nominal, Ordinal,...

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I'm a little confused regarding types of data & measurementscales for statistics, including: Nominal, Ordinal, Interval andRatio.

If one were to categorize class standing, (1=freshmen,2=sophomore, 3=junior and 4=Senior) would this be consideredNominal, Ordinal or interval? and why?

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There are mainly 4 measuring scales in statistics Two each for categorical and continuous variables The categorical scale of measurements are Nominal and Ordinal The difference between them is that Nominal scale doesnt have any order among its categories while Ordinal    See Answer
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