1Research Scholar, GD Goenka University, Sohna Road, GurugramHaryana, India
2Assistant Professor, GD Goenka University, Sohna Road, GurugramHaryana, India
Ambidextrous writers are very rare in a population and comprises less than 1% ambidextrous people in the world. Handwriting is one of the significant parameters, which can aid in identifying the handedness of a person. Since there has not been much research done on the handwriting of ambidextrous writers, more of the studies are required to explore this aspect of handwriting examination in forensic science.
Present descriptive study was done on the ambidextrous writers who can efficiently write with both the hands. The current study is a pilot study to compare the handwriting samples of ambidextrous writers. The handwriting samples from left and right hand were collected from ambidextrous writers. Quantitative data for slant, alignment, size of letters, spacing was extracted from the handwriting samples with the help of Digimizer software, online protractor and ruler. The data analysis was done using SPSS 23.
There is no significant variations in size, alignment, spacing and slant of left and right handwriting of Ambidextrous writers.
Based on the analysis, the study could not find significant variation between the parameters of handwriting from left and right hand of ambidextrous writers. The extended study can be helpful to the investigators when they are collecting the requested handwriting samples and hence to the forensic document examiners when they are examining the handwriting.
Handedness, Ambidextrous, Handwriting, Significant Variation, Forensic Science, Descriptive
