Аналіз шкал вимірювань
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2015
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Видавництво Львівської політехніки
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Розглянуто й проаналізовані основні питання теорії та принципи систематизації типів шкал вимірювань.
Розглянуто види властивостей емпіричних об’єктів та особливості їх прояву і відповідні їм шкали
вимірювань. Вибір і використання тієї чи іншої шкали і, відповідно, методики вимірювання залежить від
виду вимірюваної величини та способу отримання вимірювальної інформації, тобто способу порівняння
розмірів величин. Рассмотрены и проанализированы основные вопросы теории и принципы систематизации типов шкал
измерений. Рассмотрены виды свойств эмпирических объектов, особенности их проявления и
соответствующие им шкалы измерений. Выбор и использование той или иной шкалы и, соответственно,
методики измерения зависят от вида измеряемой величины и от способа получения измерительной
информации, т. е. способа сравнения размеров величин. The basic principles of systematization of measurement scales types are describes and analyses in this article. Properties
types of the empirical objects and corresponding measurement scales are considered. According to VIM3
(“International vocabulary of metrology: Basic and general concepts and associated terms”), measurement scale
(quantity-value scale) is an ordered set of quantity values of quantities of a given kind of quantity used in ranking,
according to magnitude, quantities of that kind, for example, Celsius temperature scale, time scale, Rockwell C hardness
scale etc.
According to the metric determination, depending on the type of the investigated empirical object, in particular, of its
properties, and therefore the type of measured value, measurement scales are divided into the following types: nonmetric
scales: nominal scales and ordinal scales; metric scales: intervals scales, ratios scales and absolute scales. Metric
scales – these are scales, which have the units of measurement (for eg., meter, ampere, m/s). Non-metric scales – these
are scales, which do not have units of measurement.
According to the form of empirical data obtaining, measurement scales are divided into verbal, numerical and graphic.
According to the number of the displayed properties of empirical objects, measurement scales are divided into onedimensional and multidimensional. Nominal scales are formed in the case when a certain property of empirical objects is evident only in respect of
equivalence. The main informative parameter of such objects is their quantity (number), which is determined by
counting. This feature can be displayed by any number or other mark that does not contain any information about the
value size, which is inherent in this property. Nominal scales or scales of names are used in the measurement of
objective evidences such as odor, color, blood groups, nationality, marital status, age, gender, work experience,
qualifications, telephone numbers, passports, bar codes of products, etc.
Ordinal scales are formed in the case when a certain property of empirical objects is shown in relation of equivalence
and order (of level). Located according to ascending or descending order, namely, according to the rank, the size of the
measured values constitute ordinal scale or rank scale. The ordinal scale or rank scale is expressed in the form of an
ordered sequence of points, marked with letters, numbers or symbols that meet certain values size Qі, і=1,2,3,…,п:
Q1<Q2<Q3<…<Qп. It is known about the extent of the value Qі that one of them is always less than the next and larger
than the previous one, but exactly the sizes are unknown. The hardness of minerals, sensitivity of films, the intensity of
earthquakes, volume level and more are measured by the ordinal. Wind power is measured on 12-point Beaufort scale.
The intensity of earthquakes is measured on a 10-point Richter scale.
Scales which are formed from strictly defined intervals are much more sophisticated, the so-called intervals scales,
which are described by the equation Qi - Qj = DQi, j , and the interval DQi, j between the size of value Qі and Qj is
exactly known. Value scale can be set on the intervals scale and there is adopted by agreement “conditional zero”. For
example, in the Celsius temperature scale one degree (1 °С) is equal to 1/100 interval between the temperature of
melting ice, adopted as a starting point (0 °С) and water boiling (100 °С). So, the unit value and its dimension can be set
on the intervals scale. According to interval scale it is possible to determine not only that one size is larger (smaller)
from the other, but also how much more it is larger (smaller), it means that on intervals scale it is possible to perform
mathematical operations such as addition and subtraction. The most advanced, the most informative and the most common of all the measuring scales there are ratios scales, in
which the starting point of reference is adopted by the point with really zero size value (“absolute zero”). An example of
the ratio scale is Kelvin temperature scale. As the origin the absolute zero of temperature is taken, at which the thermal
motion of molecules stops. The second point of reference is the melting temperature of ice. According to Celsius scale
interval between the points of reference is 273.15 °С. Therefore, on Kelvin scale it is divided into equal parts, each of
which is 1/273.15 of the interval between the points of reference and is called Kelvin. Ratio scale serves for the
submission of the measurement result, obtained by experimental comparison of і- size Qі with j-th size Qj according to
rule q =Q [Q] . On the ratio scales it is possible to perform all arithmetic operations: addition, subtraction,
multiplication and division. In this regard, ratio scales are the most widely used in metrology, particularly for measuring
electrical quantities – amperage, voltage, electric resistance and others.
The absolute scale – this is a ratio scale (proportional or additive) of dimensionless quantity. The results of
measurements in absolute scales can be expressed not only in terms of arithmetic values, but as a percentage, fractions
of millionths (p.p.m.), parts per thousand, bits, bytes and decibels.
The choice and use of this or that scale and, therefore, measurement methodology depends on empirical objects
properties, the type of measured value and obtaining method of measuring information, namely the way of comparison
of the of the quantities sizes.
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метрологія, вимірювання, шкала величини, шкали вимірювань, шкали найменувань, шкали порядку, шкали інтервалів, шкали відношень, абсолютні шкали, метрология, измерения, шкала величины, шкалы измерений, шкалы наименований, шкалы порядка, шкалы интервалов, шкалы отношений, metrology, measurements, quantity-value scale, measurement scales, nominal scales, ordinal scales, interval scales, ratio scales, absolute scales
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Мотало В. Аналіз шкал вимірювань / Василь Мотало // Вимірювальна техніка та метрологія : міжвідомчий науково-технічний збірник / відповідальний редактор Б. І. Стадник. – Львів : Видавництво Національного університету "Львівська політехніка", 2015. – Випуск 76. – С. 21–35. – Бібліографія: 13 назв.