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Principles of metrology

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Course ID: 1300-WPM11-GES
Erasmus code / ISCED: 07.304 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0532) Earth science The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title: Principles of metrology
Name in Polish: Podstawy metrologii
Organizational unit: Faculty of Geology
Course groups: (in Polish) Przedmiot sugerowny do wyboru na I sem. I roku stud. II st. GES na spec. geologia inżynierska
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): 2.00 Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles:
  • the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS;
  • the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h;
  • 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes;
  • weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS;
  • work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load.
Language: Polish
Type of course:

elective courses
Prerequisites (description):

Basic knowledge in scope of mathematics, statistics and principles of geology.
Short description:

Introduction to metrology presents the rules, methodology and conditions of measurements, especially in geological practice. The goal of the lectures is the presentation of rules used in the interpretation of measurement results and the analysis of measurement uncertainty.
Full description:

The lecture comprises the following topics:

1.Theoretical basics, epistemological concepts, reductionism in physics

2. Historical development of units and dimensions, methods of presenting numerical values.

3. Systems and rules of creating basic units.

4. Selected topics of length and time measurement in earth sciences, conditions of geodynamical measuring, use of historical maps.

5. Time in geology.

6. Current methods of data collection, analysis and management.

7. Classification of uncertainty and errors in measuring practice.

8. Error analysis.

9. Statistical distributions, spurious data – Chauvenet’s criterion.

10. Correlation and regression analysis – physical and natural conditions, estimation of significance.

11. Measurement standards.

12. Verification of measuring instruments, calibration; laboratory accreditation.

13. Legal and system aspects in metrology.

14. Estimation of uncertainty in geological problems and analysis.

15. Statistical interpretation in geology; geostatistic methods.
Bibliography: (in Polish)

KRAWCZYK A. 1990 - Metody matematyczne w stratygrafii. Studium metodologiczne. Geol. AGH 1990 T.16 z.2-3

MUCHA J., 1994 - Metody geostatystyczne w dokumentowaniu złóż. Skrypt, Katedra Geologii Kopalnianej. AGH Kraków

PIOTROWSKI J., KOSTYRKO K. 2000 – Wzorcowanie aparatury pomiarowej. Wyd. Naukowe PWN Warszawa

TAYLOR J. 1999 – Wstęp do analizy błędu pomiarowego. Wyd. Naukowe PWN Warszawa
Learning outcomes:

On completion of the course, the student:

- has knowledge on the idea and basic problems in metrology;

- knows how to apply methods of interpreting results of geological analysis consistently with metrological standards;

- has knowledge on the legal and system aspects of metrology.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:

Attendance control; activity in the study of selected bibliographic positions; preparation of report on measurement analysis for a selected geological problem; final written assessment.
Practical placement:

not applicable

Classes in period "Summer semester 2023/24" (in progress)

Time span: 2024-02-19 - 2024-06-16
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Type of class:
Monographic lecture, 30 hours, 20 places more information
Coordinators: Paweł Dobak
Group instructors: Paweł Dobak
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Examination: Course - Grading
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