An Analytical Scale for Judging Handwriting

A number of experiences with the two handwriting scales which have been published led to the effort which is here described to construct a scale upon a somewhat different principle. The outstanding difficulty which was found with both the Thorndike and the Ayers scales is the lack of uniformity in the results which are obtained by their -use. The question then arose whether some means might not be found by which this lack of uniformity might be overcome, and this led to the question as to the source of the variability in the results obtained in using the scales. The critical statements which are made in this paper with reference to the Ayers and the Thorndike scales are not intended as a disparagement of their value for certain purposes; they are made rather for the purpose of pointing out the limitations in the use of these or similar scales. These scales are useful when it is desired