Reference List
Paper Format
In-Text Citation
Potpourri
Final Jeopardy
100

True or False: All lines after the first line of each entry in your reference list should be indented one-half inch from the left margin.

True: Should be indented one-half inch and it's called a "hanging indent"

100

T/F: For a student paper, you need a running head.

False: There is no running head on any pages of a student paper in APA 7 style.

100

What is the basic APA format for in-text citations?

(Authorlastname, Year)

100

T/F: You alphabetize the References page

TRUE!

200

How should author’s name be formatted in a reference list?

Last name first, then comma and first letter of first name.  Bailey, B. or Bailey, C. A.

200

What is wrong with the formatting of this level 1 heading: Discussion? Name 1 error.

Text text text text text text text text text text text text text.
Discussion
         Text text text text text Text text text text text text.

Level 1 headings should be center aligned.

200

A journal article has two authors, Henry Jones and Lucy Hill. The article was published in 2001. What should the in-text citation be for this journal article?

(Jones & Hill, 2001)

200

Where on a page do you put the page number?

Top Right corner

300

What is wrong (1 error) with this article citation (not counting the indentation)

Braun, V., & Clarke, V. (2006). Using Thematic Analysis in Psychology. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 3, 77-101. https://doi.org/10.1191/1478088706qp063oa

■Article title should not be capitalized.

Rule: Capitalize only the first word of the titles and subtitles of journal articles, as well as the first word after a colon or a dash in the title, and any proper nouns.

300

What is wrong with the formatting of this level 2 heading (future research)? Name 1 error

Text text text text text text text text text text text text text.
future research
         Text text text text text Text text text text text text.

Level 2 headings should be non-italic.

Flush Left, Boldface, Title Case Heading

300

A journal article has four authors: Hill, Jones, Smith, and Ryan. The article was published in 2008. How do you format the in-text citation for this article?

(Hill et al., 2008)

In APA 7 style the in-text citation for works with three or more authors is shortened right from the first citation. You only include the first author’s name and “et al.”.

300

What does APA stand for?

American Psychological Association

400

What is wrong with this citation (2 errors, not counting indentation)

Starks, H., and Trinidad, S. B. (2007). Choose your method: A comparison of phenomenology, discourse analysis, and grounded theory. Qualitative Health Research, 17(10), 1372-1380. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732307307031

Ampersand (&) should be used instead of “and” between authors. 

Volume number and journal title should be italicized.

400

Name 2 formatting errors on this title page?

Branching Paths: Novel Research

Chris A. Student

University of San Francisco

The paper’s title should be in boldface and centered.

The information below should be centered (author's name, the institutional affiliation, the course number and name, instructor name, and assignment due date.)

400

How do you create the in-text citation if you are paraphrasing an idea from that work?

You have to make reference to the author and year of publication in your in-text reference.

Example:

-According to Jones (1998), APA style is a difficult citation format for first-time learners.

-APA is difficult for first time learners (Jones, 1998).

400

Which of the following parts of the paper require a pag break? 

a) Title Page

b) Abstract
c) Introduction
d) Methods
e) Results
f) Conclusion
g) References

Title page

Abstract

Introduction

References

500

What is wrong with this citation (3 errors, not counting indentation)

Ho, E. Y., & Robles, J. S. (2011) Cultural resources for health participation: examining biomedicine, acupuncture, and massage therapy for HIV-related peripheral neuropathy. Health Communication, 26, 135-146 https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2010.541991

There should be a period after the year (2011).

“Examining” after the colon in the article title should be capitalized.

There should be a period after the page numbers 135-146.

500

What is wrong with the format of this abstract? Name 3 errors

Abstract

         Placeholder text text text text text text text text text text text. 

keywords: qualitative, research, mixed-methods

“Abstract” should be in boldface, not italic.

“Abstract” should be center-aligned.

The first line of the abstract should not be indented.

       Keywords: is italicized and indented 1/2 inch but the actual keywords are not italicized

500

What is wrong with this in-text citation? How should it look like in APA style?

Romantic poetry is characterized by the "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (Wordsworth 263).

Correct: Romantic poetry is characterized by the "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (Wordsworth, 1994, p. 263).

500

Name two problems with this Journal name if it appeared like this in the references list: 

Qualitative research reports: An interdisciplinary journal.

It should be Title Capitalized and italicized like: 

Qualitative Research Reports: An Interdisciplinary Journal. 

500

If you are synthesizing your literature review and you want to include two papers in your in-text citation, how do you cite the following two papers in text:

Starks, H., Johnson, I., & Trinidad, S. B. (2007). Choose your method: A comparison of phenomenology, discourse analysis, and grounded theory. Qualitative Health Research, 17(10), 1372-1380. doi:10.1177/1049732307307031

Braun, V., & Clarke, V. (2006). Using thematic analysis in psychology. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 3, 77-101. https://doi.org/10.1191/1478088706qp063oa

(Braun & Clarke, 2006; Starks et al., 2007)

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