Method and apparatus for generating and storing data and for generating a narrative report

An improved method for generating and storing data involves the use of a computerized device having an input apparatus, a processor apparatus, and an output apparatus. The output apparatus outputs on a display numerous choices, which enables a user to enter data merely by selecting a number of presented choices. Some choices, upon being selected by the user, cause the generation of subsequent choices that have a correspondence with the selected choice. Such subsequent choices may be output at a location adjacent the selected choice so that the user can rapidly make selections. The processor apparatus includes a plurality of textual passages stored in a memory, and the choices presented to the user typically have a correspondence with one of the textual passages. By selecting one of the choices, a textual passage can be output to a file. The file can be output in the form of a narrative report.