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Peer reviewedSalo, Matt T.; Campanelli, Pamela C. – Urban Anthropology and Studies of Cultural Systems and World Economic Development, 1991
Ethnographic methods were integrated with survey procedures in an experimental daytime count of homeless persons in a major city. Ethnographic data proved valuable for choosing sites, designing questionnaires, developing new interview approaches, and interpreting test results. Recommends a wider use of ethnographic insights in developing surveys,…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Biographical Inventories, Census Figures, Data Collection
Download full textCrafts, 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
