Types of Journal Articles
The Basics 1
Citations & References
The Basics 2
Structure of an Empirical Article
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The two types of journal articles

What is review/theoretical article and empirical article?

100
The correct spacing for APA style

What is double spaced?

100

An in-text citation for Dr. Shen's paper published in 2018

What is (Shen, 2018)?

What is Shen (2018)? 

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The correct font and size for APA style (name one)

What is ...

Times New Roman 12 pt., Arial 11 pt., Georgia 11pt., Calibri 11pt., Lucida Sans Unicode 10pt. 

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Introduces the topic/issue/state argument/thesis

What is introduction?

200

Two types of empirical research articles 

What are qualitative and quantitative? 

200

Position of page numbers (ex. top/bottom, left/right)

What is top right?

200

An in-text citation for an article published by Shen, Saxon, and Reyes in 2018 

What is (Shen et al., 2018)?

What is Shen et al., (2018)? 

200

Should be less than 12 words

What is the title?

200

What you found; summary of data

What is the results?

300

Provide descriptions of available research from multiple research articles into one review

What is literature Review?

300

Components listed on title page

What is title, author, institutional affiliation?

300

Italicized and every word is capitalized

What is the journal title?

300

The correct margins for APA style 

What is 1 inch margins?

300

Main body parts of an empirical article 

What is introduction, method, results, discussion?

400

Summarizes research to provide a framework for future research studies to explain a phenomena

What are theoretical articles? 

400

The main parts of an APA paper

What is title page, abstract, main body, references?
400

On the reference page, all lines after the first of each citation should have a...

What is a hanging indent?

400

The last component of an abstract that identifies themes

What is keywords

400

Parts of the method section

What is participants, procedure, measures, design/analysis?

500

Provide statistical analyses of research findings from multiple studies into one analysis

What is a meta-analysis?

500

A shortened version of the title

What is running head?

500

In sentence format (within a reference); Certain words capitalized

What is the article title?

500

Centered, Bold, Title Case (e.g., Methods, results, discussion) 

What is level-1 heading?

500

Provides possible explanations for findings, implications, shortcomings, next steps

What is discussion?
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