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Using Biodata as a Selection Instrument. ERIC/TM Digest.
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Crafts, Jennifer – 1991
Biographical inventory is a selection device used as an alternative or supplement to cognitive testing because this measurement method predicts aspects of job performance that are not predicted by cognitive measures. Some of the issues and concerns about using biographical inventories are discussed. The use of biographical inventories (biodata) is…
Descriptors: Biographical Inventories, Cognitive Tests, Data Collection, Individual Characteristics