The Frequency of Occurrence of Specific Handwriting Characteristics within a Limited Population

This study was designed to determine how frequently a specific population continues to use the class characteristics of certain cursive words, numbers, or letter combinations from the learned copybook style or the frequency at which the population deviates from that copybook style. Nine different elements were evaluated, including three words, two numbers, two capital letters, and two letter combinations. For each of the nine elements, three to five class characteristics were classified according to the copybook style and a side by side comparison was conducted to determine if a research participant within the population studied retained the characteristics taught to them, or if they deviated from that style. The results were tabulated and calculated to determine the frequency with which the participants used or did not use the copybook style five years after graduating from high school.