How accurate is handwriting analysis?
It is only as accurate as the analyst is talented. Most professionals claim to be 85-95% accurate. Compared to other personality assessment tools and tests, handwriting analysis is sometimes more accurate and much more revealing. When answering psychological questions in person or on paper, a person may consciously or unconsciously answer according to how he thinks he should answer rather than giving an honest reply. The clinical research is divided as to the validity of handwriting analysis. Again, it depends on who you ask.
Handwriting analysis is only as accurate as the analyst doing the analysis. Generally, more talented analysts have greater than 90% accuracy ratings. Personally, my experience has shown me that there are only two instances when people will not agree with their analysis: • I haven’t explained what I see in a way that the person can relate it to their life • The person cannot accept certain aspects about themselves (ie. stubbornness) I have found that outside of these two instances, people that I have done an analysis on agree with 95%-100% of what I tell them I can see from their handwriting. Is handwriting analysis legal? Yes. In 1977 the Supreme Court, in the case “United States vs. Sydney Rosinsky”, stated in their ruling: “What someone’s handwriting looks like is considered public information… similar to, for example, how someone dresses or their body language, and the psychological analysis that can be extracted from the information is not considered an invasion of privacy.” Can
Handwriting analysis is not an exact science such as mathematics, but is a subjective science such as medicine or psychology. Recognized as a science toward the end of the eighteenth century, handwriting analysis depends on research and experimentation and follows set rules and methods. The quality of the work of the handwriting analyst, similar to the medical professional, depends upon the integrity, training, talent and experience of the analyst or company preparing the report. (The analyses prepared by HuVista have consistently been proven to be over 85% accurate.
