Such data include narratives of events written by participant observers , accounts of what the participants understood about an event , reports of what was said at a meeting or an interview , observational records of how an event took place , and statements of impressions about what was going on , why it was happening , and how people felt about it , themselves , or each other .
Data may be narratives of events as experienced by observers including any details , spoken memory of what was said and their overall impression and personal feelings .