Table 1 Feature differences between the two alphabets (Cyrillic and Latin) across grades.

From: The transferability of handwriting skills: from the Cyrillic to the Latin alphabet

  

Grade 1

Grade 2

Grade 3

Grade 4

Feature

 

W stat

p value

W stat

p value

W stat

p value

W stat

p value

Static

         

 Bandwidth Tremolo - #1

 

120

0.065

750

<5e-2

220

0.065

510

0.95

 Median Tremolo - #2

 

100.0

<5e-2

630.0

<1e-3

290.0

0.069

530.0

0.41

 Space Between Words - #3

 

110.0

<5e-2

390.0

<1e-3

130.0

<1e-3

430.0

0.076

 Handwriting Moment - #4

 

70.0

<1e-2

730.0

<1e-2

280.0

<5e-2

420.0

<5e-2

 Handwriting Density - #5

 

200.0

0.79

1300.0

0.97

220.0

<1e-2

430.0

0.074

Kinematic

         

 Mean Velocity - #6

 

200.0

0.63

980.0

0.088

210.0

<1e-2

320.0

<1e-2

 Max Velocity - #7

 

110.0

<5e-2

260.0

<1e-3

80.0

<1e-3

200.0

<1e-3

 In-Air-Time Ratio - #8

 

38.0

<1e-2

420.0

0.92

140.0

0.84

150.0

0.24

 Bandwidth Speed - #9

 

160.0

0.6

710.0

<5e-2

330.0

0.76

260.0

<5e-2

 Median Speed - #10

 

160.0

0.24

810.0

<1e-2

280.0

<5e-2

270.0

<1e-3

Pressure

         

 Mean Pressure - #11

 

110.0

<5e-2

1200.0

0.5

390.0

0.58

440.0

0.094

 Mean Speed of Pressure Change - #12

 

120.0

<5e-2

380.0

<1e-3

180.0

<1e-2

190.0

<1e-3

 Max Speed of Pressure Change - #13

 

190.0

0.55

660.0

<1e-3

160.0

<1e-3

280.0

<1e-3

 Nb of Peaks of Pressure Change per secs - #14

 

2.0

<1e-3

47.0

<1e-3

55.0

<1e-3

64.0

<1e-3

 Median Pressure - #15

 

50.0

<1e-3

430.0

<1e-3

180.0

<1e-3

240.0

<1e-3

Tilt

         

 Std. of of Tilt-X - #16

 

140.0

0.082

280.0

<1e-3

150.0

<1e-3

200.0

<1e-3

 Std. of Speed of Tilt-X Change - #17

 

130.0

0.056

720.0

<1e-2

200.0

<1e-2

210.0

<1e-3

 Median Tilt-y - #18

 

120.0

<5e-2

630.0

<1e-3

310.0

0.12

470.0

0.17

  1. For each feature, a Wilcoxon test was conducted to see if there was a statistical difference in the means of the two distributions.