Biographical History Inventories

Biographical information (biodata) inventories and a brief history of their development into one of the most powerful predictors in personnel selection systems are described. Linked to the basis of the popular book and movie Moneyball, methods of theoretical and non-theory (empirically) based item generation and scoring are described. Cutting edge biodata applications in the growing arena of online personnel selection systems have grown quickly because of its ability to work in non-proctored testing environments. Keywords: biographical information inventory; biodata; rational key; empirical key; cross validation; consistency principle