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Mumford, Michael; Shaffer, Garnett Stokes – 1981
A promising avenue for characterizing individuals lies in an examination of the antecedents of recorded behaviors. Autobiographical information from college students was used as an alternative to traditional personality methodology to demonstrate the scientific utility of biodata. The traits selected for investigation were positive and negative…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Background, Biographical Inventories, Cluster Analysis
Egger, Rudolf – 2000
The applications of biographical concepts in educational settings were examined through a case study of one researcher's use of the biographical narrative interview to examine the connection between subjective and structural conditions and coping strategies in individual lives and to inform adult education practitioners. The biographical approach…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Biographical Inventories, Case Studies