Study Guide Document Analysis
Make certain that you have read Ch. 8 in Death’s Acre
Study the Document Analysis notes (the powerpoint is still online)
o Be able to fully explain the process of getting a reference sample
o Know the terms: graphologist, linguist, and document examiner
o What are the areas of document analysis?
o What is the most common type of analysis?
o Know the terms chromatography and chromatogram
Handwriting Analysis (RM p. 36-38)
o Make sure you know what each characteristic is
Ink Analysis
o Be able to calculate Retention factor (equation will not be provided)
o Be able to conclude whether the same ink was used by looking at a
chromatogram
Chapter 16 Reading Questions
o 1, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 19, 13, 14
Ciphers
o Be familiar with terminology
o Be able to decode a cipher if given a key
o Be able to encode a cipher if given a key
o Be able to solve a simple shift cipher
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