Statistics
Citations
References
Formatting
Grab Bag
100
P values should be enclosed in what symbol?
Parentheses ()
100
True or false: this citation is correct. Here is a fact from another source (author last name, year).
True.
100
True or false? The reference section is ordered by year, earliest to latest.
False. References are ordered by author's last name.
100
Put these sections in the proper order: Discussion, Methods, Results, Introduction
Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion
100
This gas makes up 78% of the earth's atmosphere.
What is nitrogen?
200
True or false? You should supply formulas for every statistical test used.
False. You shouldn't supply formulas for common statistics.
200
Which of the following is incorrect? According to Jones (1998), APA style is a difficult citation format for first-time learners. APA style is a difficult citation format for first-time learners (Jones, 1998, p. 199).
Both are correct!
200
What do you add to a reference to distinguish between two references by the same authors in the same year?
You order the references in alphabetical order by title, and add a and b to the year.
200
True or false? APA does not recommend using footnotes or endnotes.
True. They're expensive for publishers to format.
200
The radius of the event horizon of a nonrotating black hole; anything with a smaller radius will be a black hole.
What is the Schwarzchild radius?
300
What symbol should enclose confidence intervals?
Brackets []
300
True or false: you are required to cite a page number in each citation.
False. It is encouraged but not required.
300
True or false: You organize two works by the same author alphabetically by title in the references.
False. You organize them by year.
300
Is the following acceptable in APA format? Based on past research, we have created a crytpozoo containing (a) wugs; (b) greebles; (c) greelings.
Yes.
300
How long did it take the world's fastest supercomputer (1.4 million gigs of RAM, 705,024 processing cores) to simulate 1 second of human brain activity at 1% the connectivity of the brain?
40 minutes. (For reference: 1% connectivity is 1.73 billion neurons and 10.4 trillion synapses.)
400
When distinguishing between one-tailed and two-tailed tests in the same table, which symbol should mark significant one-tailed tests, and which should mark significant two-tailed tests?
Asterisks for two-tailed, daggers for one-tailed.
400
What should the in-text citation look like for a paper written in 2001 by Author1, Author2, Author3, Author4, Author5, and Author6?
(Author1 et al., 2001)
400
True or false: This is the correct reference for a work with ten authors. Miller, F. H., Choi, M. J., Angeli, L. L., Harland, A. A., Stamos, J. A., Thomas, S. T., Orsted, M. N., Calforth, G. H., Willard, R. T., & Rubin, L. H. (2009). Web site usability for the blind and low-vision user. Technical Communication, 57, 323-335.
False. After the first six authors, there should be an elipsis, followed by the final author.
400
For a serial list without a specified hierarchy or chronology, each item should be marked with what?
Round bullet points
400
There are six kinds of quarks (which combine to form hadrons; neutrons and protons are the most stable of the hadrons). What are they?
Top, bottom, up, down, charm, and strange
500
Which of the following are formatted incorrectly? t(45) = 4.35 F(3, 87) = 2.11 p = .003
None of them!
500
Is the following use of citations correct? Facts are things (Alpha, Bravo, & Foxtrot, 2000). However, debate remains as to whether things are facts (Alpha, Bravo, & Foxtrot, 2000).
No, it isn't. The second citation should be (Alpha et al., 2000), since it is the second use of the authors.
500
Find the error. Berndt, T. J. (1981). Age changes and changes over time in prosocial intentions and behavior between friends. Developmental Psychology. 17, 408-416.
There should be a comma after the periodical title, not a period.
500
What are the formatting requirements for a fourth-level subheading?
A fourth level subheading should be indented, bolded, italicized, all lowercase, and end with a period. Text should start immediately after the period.
500
There's an inscription in the North Reading Room that reads thus: Sapientia aedificavit sibi domum Venite comedite panem meum et Bibite vinum quod miscui vobis What does it mean?
Wisdom has built a house for itself. Come, eat my bread and drink the wine which I have mixed for you.
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