TY - JOUR TI - Interpretation of differences in a comparative analysis of handwriting AU - Dziechciaruk, Janusz TI - Interpretation of differences in a comparative analysis of handwriting AB - According to experts’ opinion which was also confirmed by many different experiments on handwriting, most errors made by document examiners result from a misjudgment (or misinterpretation) in the significance of a difference found between the questioned and exemplar materials. The article introduces a number of ideas for improving methodology for examination of handwriting, especially how to understand one of the main principles respecting writing identification that a writer cannot ameliorate his maximum writing ability or skill without effort, practice and/or training over a period of time, or how to prepare writing standards for examination of distorted writing. VL - 2023 IS - 134 PY - 2024 SN - 1230-7483 C1 - 2720-5983 SP - 133 EP - 141 DO - 10.4467/12307483PFS.23.008.19057 UR - https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/problems-of-forensic-sciences/artykul/interpretation-of-differences-in-a-comparative-analysis-of-handwriting KW - Natural variation; Range of variation; Distorted writing; Accidental variations