How do you order a data set?

Question

I am taking a statistics class and i was given a set of data that was not ordered and I was told to order the data set

Answer 1

there is many way to order a set of data, it would have been easier if you have told us more about how this data set looks.

If it is number, i would collect those who have the same value in sets, and maybe try to make a graphic representation of them.
ex:
given the data set
s={1,2,5,2,6,4,8,5,2,6,2,
1,9,5,6,3,2,8,12,2,4}

you have
s1={1,1,1}
s2={2,2,2,2,2,2}
s3={3}
s4={4}
s5={5,5,5}
s6={6,6,6}
s8={8,8}
s9={9}
s12={12}
now it easy to represent the data set graphic

01lxxx
02lxxxxx
03lx
04lx
05lxxx
06lxxx
07l
08lxx
09lx
10l
11l
12lx

now its also easier to calculate mean, variance,etc

Answer 2

Put it in order from least to greatest. Seems like a simple answer, but that's what I would do.

Hope this helps. :)