A measuring apparatus comprising: a measurement situation information storage unit in which a plurality of measurement situation information for identifying a measurement situation in which predetermined measurement is performed on a measurement target are stored in association with time periods; a clock for measuring the measurement time at which an operation for performing a measurement on the measurement target is executed; a measurement processing unit configured to execute measurement on the measurement target; a display; a display unit configured to select an initial measurement situation information from the plurality of measurement situation information stored in the measurement situation information storage unit based on which of the time periods the measurement time belongs to, and to cause the display to display the plurality of measurement situation information in a scroll menu screen, the selected initial measurement situation information being highlighted or otherwise displayed in a manner distinguishable from the non-selected measurement situation information in the scroll menu screen; an operation unit for selecting and scrolling the measurement situation information of the scroll menu screen by a user; a deciding unit configured to set the measurement situation information that is selected by the user by an operation of the operation unit as a final measurement situation information, thereby replacing or confirming the initial measurement situation information by the final measurement situation information; and a processing result storage unit configured to store therein the final measurement situation information set by the deciding unit and the processing result obtained by the measurement processing unit; the measuring apparatus being characterised in that it further comprises: a measurement information storage unit configured to store therein information regarding the measurement time and the final measurement situation information set by the deciding unit each time a measurement is executed on the measurement target; and a frequency determining unit configured to determine frequencies of the time periods to which the measurement times belong for each type of measurement situation information based on the information stored in the measurement information storage unit; wherein the display unit is configured to change the selection of initial measurement situation information of the scroll menu screen based on the frequencies determined by the frequency determining unit. a measurement situation information storage unit in which a plurality of measurement situation information for identifying a measurement situation in which predetermined measurement is performed on a measurement target are stored in association with time periods; a clock for measuring the measurement time at which an operation for performing a measurement on the measurement target is executed; a measurement processing unit configured to execute measurement on the measurement target; a display; a display unit configured to select an initial measurement situation information from the plurality of measurement situation information stored in the measurement situation information storage unit based on which of the time periods the measurement time belongs to, and to cause the display to display the plurality of measurement situation information in a scroll menu screen, the selected initial measurement situation information being highlighted or otherwise displayed in a manner distinguishable from the non-selected measurement situation information in the scroll menu screen; an operation unit for selecting and scrolling the measurement situation information of the scroll menu screen by a user; a deciding unit configured to set the measurement situation information that is selected by the user by an operation of the operation unit as a final measurement situation information, thereby replacing or confirming the initial measurement situation information by the final measurement situation information; and a processing result storage unit configured to store therein the final measurement situation information set by the deciding unit and the processing result obtained by the measurement processing unit; a measurement information storage unit configured to store therein information regarding the measurement time and the final measurement situation information set by the deciding unit each time a measurement is executed on the measurement target; and a frequency determining unit configured to determine frequencies of the time periods to which the measurement times belong for each type of measurement situation information based on the information stored in the measurement information storage unit;