Sue, a school counselor is observing a student’s behavior in the classroom. She is monitoring how often the student gets out of
his seat while working on a class activity. In order to record this behavior, Sue makes a check mark on a tally sheet and counts how many times the student got out of his seat. Which observation recording method is Sue using?
Sue is using event recording. Event record is the number of times an observer or researcher records/documents the occurrence of an action, activity or behavior in his/her study subject. marking on a tally sheet and counting how many times the student got out of his seat by Sue is an example of event recording.
