Which recording method involves qualitative notes without quantitative data?

• A. Reactivity
• B. Narrative recording
• C. Ratings Recording
• D. Self-monitoring

Answer: (B)

Narrative recording uses descriptive, story-like notes about what happens in sessions—the context, behaviors, feelings, and meanings—without attaching numerical values. This approach yields rich, qualitative detail rather than counts or scores, making it ideal when you want to capture the nuanced experience and sequence of events rather than quantify them. It contrasts with methods that produce quantitative data—such as ratings or frequency counts—where observations are converted into numbers, or with self-monitoring that often involves tallying occurrences or durations. Narrative recording is especially helpful for exploring a client’s subjective experience and generating insights that can guide further assessment or intervention, though it may be less standardized and harder to compare across cases without later thematic coding.