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Statistical Examination of handwriting Characteristics Using Automated Tools

Award Information

Award #
2010-DN-BX-K037
Funding Category
Competitive
Location
Congressional District
Status
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2010
Total funding (to date)
$425,077

Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2010, $425,077)

The project proposes to provide further previous research on the statistical basis of reporting results of handwriting examinations by questioned document (QD) examiners. As a facet of QD examination, the analysis and reporting of handwriting examination suffers from the lack of statistical data concerning the frequency of occurrence of combinations of particular handwriting characteristics. ca/ncf
Date Created: September 1, 2010