  Molecular chirality has traditionally been viewed as a binary property where
a molecule is classified as either chiral or achiral, yet in the recent decades
mathematical methods for quantifying chirality have been explored. Here we use
toy molecular systems to systematically compare the performance of two state of
the art chirality measures (1) the Continuous Chirality Measure (CCM) and (2)
the Chirality Characteristic ($\chi$). We find that both methods exhibit
qualitatively similar behavior when applied to simple molecular systems such as
a four-site molecule or the polymer double-helix, but we show that the CCM may
be more suitable for evaluating the chirality of arbitrary molecules or
abstract structures such as normal vibrational modes. We discuss a range of
considerations for applying these methods to molecular systems in general, and
we provide links to user-friendly codes for both methods. We aim this paper to
serve as a concise resource for scientists attempting to familiarize themselves
with these chirality measures or attempting to implement chirality measures in
their own work.
