SAGE Research Methods - The SAGE Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods

Entry
Reader's guide
Entries A-Z

Autobiography

In: The SAGE Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods
Edited by: Michael S. Lewis-Beck, Alan Bryman & Tim Futing Liao

Autobiography refers to the telling and documenting of one's own life. Together with biography (researching and documenting the lives of others), autobiography has increasingly been drawn upon as a resource ...

Tools
Tools icon close
- Add to list Added to list Added
- Download PDFopens in new window
- Cite
  
  Cite icon close
  
  Format APA
  
  Lewis-Beck, M. S., Bryman, A., & Futing Liao, T. (2004). Autobiography. In The SAGE encyclopedia of social science research methods (pp. 46-46). Sage Publications, Inc., https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412950589.n39
  
  Lewis-Beck, Michael S., Alan Bryman, and Tim Futing Liao. "Autobiography." In The SAGE Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods, edited by Lewis-Beck, Michael S., Alan Bryman, and Tim Futing Liao, 46. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc., 2004. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412950589.n39.
  
  Lewis-Beck, M. S., Bryman, A. and Futing Liao, T. 2004. Autobiography. In: Michael S. Lewis-Beck, Alan Bryman and Tim Futing Liao Editors, 2004. The SAGE Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc. pp. 46 Available at: <https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412950589.n39> [Accessed 5 Jul 2022].
  
  Lewis-Beck, Michael S., et al. "Autobiography." The SAGE Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods. Edited by Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, Inc., 2004, pp. 46. SAGE Research Methods. 5 Jul 2022, doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412950589.n39.
  
  Lewis-Beck, Michael S., Alan BrymanTim Futing Liao (2004). Autobiography In:Autobiography The SAGE encyclopedia of social science research methods Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.; 2004:46-46. doi:10.4135/9781412950589.n39
  copy to clipboard
  or
  
  Export to your reference manager Endnote
  
  Export
  
  Cancel
- Share
  
  Share icon close
  
  Share via
  
  Email
  
  Please log in from an authenticated institution or log into your member profile to access the email feature.
  
  Sign in/register
- Text size
  
  Text Size close
  
  small
  
  Medium
  
  Large
  
  Cancel
- Embed
  
  Embed icon close
  
  Embed this Content
  Add this content to your learning management system or webpage by copying the code below into the HTML editor on the page. Look for the words HTML or </>. Learn More about Embedding icon link (opens in new window)
  
  Embed code:
  
  Copy to clipboard
  
  Cancel
- Get link
  
  Get link icon close
  
  Link to this page directly with a permalink:
  https://methods.sagepub.com/Reference/the-sage-encyclopedia-of-social-science-research-methods/n39.xml
  
  Copy to clipboard
  
  Cancel
Dependent variables

Discover method in the Methods Map
On this page
On this page icon close
On this page

Data resources

Document resources

Video resources

Sign in to access this content

Get a 30 day FREE TRIAL

Watch videos from a variety of sources bringing classroom topics to life
Read modern, diverse business cases
Explore hundreds of books and reference titles

Autobiography

Sign in to access this content

Get a 30 day FREE TRIAL

Read next

More like this

SAGE Recommends