The phrase 'measure the scale' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use this phrase whenever you want to describe the process of determining the size of something. For example: We need to measure the scale of the project before committing to a timeline.
Another way to measure the scale of the problem is to visit the Dunsink tip.
"No one can measure the scale or cost of the regulation until it's finalized".
The research did not attempt to measure the scale of bullying, but asked respondents about its causes and how well universities deal with such behaviour.
There is every likelihood of better environmental indexes down the road, better ways to measure the scale of individual, civic and corporate environmental guilt.
In the case of FREAK, a scan was used to measure the scale of the threat before the bug was publicly announced.
Once deemed an appropriate measure, the scale was applied to questions testing the homogeneity of the measures.
BP has claimed repeatedly there is no way of measuring the scale of the leak.
The Global Terrorism Index, created by The International Institute if Economics and Peace IEPP), measures the scale and impact of terror attacks across the world.
Cepheid variables had been used as "standard candles" to measure the distances of nearby galaxies as the first step toward measuring the scale of the universe.
He studied the rings of Saturn and suggested a method, later successful, of measuring the scale of the solar system by observing the parallax of asteroids.
Measuring the scale of food crime in the UK has now been made a key priority for the team tasked by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to review the horsemeat scandal.
