Summary of Research on the Validity of Graphology

 

Study Year Country Sample Criterion Validity
Sonnemann & Kernan 1962 Germany Executives Supervisor ratings   .74
Keinan & Barak 1984 Israel Military officers Training success   .26
Ben-Shakhar et al. 1986 Israel Bank tellers Supervisor ratings   .25
Rafaeli & Klimoski 1983 United States Salesmen Sales performance   .04
Rafaeli & Klimoski 1983 United States Salesmen Supervisor ratings   .00
Zdep & Weaver 1967 United States Salesmen Sales commissions - .05
 

Source: Aamodt, M. G. (2004). Applied industrial/organizational psychology (4th ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing