On a school counselor's personnel file, it is noted that a student tends to be consistently late to work. This is an example of a(n) :

A) rating scale.
B) anecdotal record.
C) time sampling.
D) event sampling.
E) biographical data inventory.

Anecdotal records are observations or reports of specific instances of behavior or incidents. In this case, the observation is that the student is consistently late to work, which would be recorded as an anecdotal record on the school counselor's personnel file. The other options are not applicable in this scenario - rating scales involve evaluating performance on a scale, time sampling involves taking measurements at specific time intervals, event sampling involves recording every instance of a specific behavior, and biographical data inventories are questionnaires about personal information.