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How do you add emphasis to a word or phrase in APA style (and most academic writing)?
Italics, not bold, not underlined, not quotes...italics.
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What words go in the header on the title page, and not on any other pages?
What is "Running Head"
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What is the basic format for in-text citations in APA format?
(Author Last Name, year).
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How do you title your bibliography in APA format?
Use the word "References" centered at the top of the page.
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APA formatting is used most often in which disciplines?
What is the the social sciences. (possible credit: natural sciences, though these authors typically use AMA reference style)
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What are the margins in an APA paper?
What is 1'' spacing for top, left, right and bottom? (And 1.5'' for the second line of a citation)
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Where is the page number placed? Do you list your last name along with it?
Top right corner , and NO
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True or False: You do not have to give page numbers when citing in APA format?
It is *recommended* that you provide page numbers: (Baumrind, 1988, p. 34) OR "In the view of one critic of Milgram's experiments (Baumrind, 1988), the subjects 'should have been fully inormed of the possible effects on them' (pg. 34)."
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How is the author's name listed on the References page?
Authors' names are inverted (last name first); give the last name and initials for all authors of a particular work. DeVille, A. (2016). Amazing Powerpoint on APA format. Wake Technical Community College. November 3, 2015. If the work has more than seven authors, list the first six authors and then use ellipses after the sixth author's name and then the last author. Doc, Bashful, Sleepy, Happy, Grumpy, Sneezy...Snow White
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What tense do you use when writing in APA formatting?
APA style requires authors to use the past tense or present perfect tense when using signal phrases to describe earlier research, for example, Jones (1998) found or Jones (1998) has found...
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True or False: APA recommends the use of footnotes?
APA does not recommend the use of footnotes and endnotes because they are often expensive for publishers to reproduce. However, if explanatory notes still prove necessary to your document, APA details the use of two types of footnotes: content and copyright.
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How is the paper title written in the header?
All capital letters, (If lengthy, you would use an abbreviated title ) e.g. "The Purdue Online Writing Lab's Sample Title Page: Following the American Psychological Association's Guidelines" would read "THE PURDUE ONLINE WRITING LAB'S SAMPLE TITLE PAGE"
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How do you cite two or more works by the same author in the same year?
If you have two sources by the same author in the same year, use lower-case letters (a, b, c) with the year to order the entries in the reference list. Berndt (1981a) Berndt (1982b)
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How do you format titles of works in a basic reference listing?
When referring to books, chapters, articles, or Web pages, capitalize only the first letter of the first word of a title and subtitle, the first word after a colon or a dash in the title, and proper nouns. Do not capitalize the first letter of the second word in a hyphenated compound word.
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What does APA style say about figurative language?
Linguistic devices that attract attention to words, sounds, or other embellishments instead of to ideas are inappropriate in scientific writing. Avoid heavy alliteration, rhyming, poetic expression, and clichés. Use metaphors sparingly; although they can help simplify complicated ideas, metaphors can be distracting. Avoid mixed metaphors (e.g., a theory representing one bunch of a growing body of evidence) and words with surplus or unintended meaning (e.g., cop for police officer), which may distract if not actually mislead the reader. Use figurative expressions with restraint and colorful expressions with care; these expressions can sound strained or forced.
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APA recommends avoiding redundancy in your writing, what does that mean?
In these examples, the words in bold are redundant and should be omitted. They were both alike a total of 68 participants instructions, which were exactly the same as those used absolutely essential has been previously found small in size one and the same completely unanimous period of time
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What information is required on the title page?
Title, your name, course, date and instructor
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How do you cite a work whose author is anonymous?
Use the first three words of the title not including 'a', 'an' or, 'the'? ("Leaping the Wall, 2014") (Don't use if there is a group author, e.g. National Cancer Institute).
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How do you cite an anonymous author on the reference page?
Anonymous, (2016). Name of title. Retrieved November 3, 2016. doi.
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How would you cite an e-mail?
E-mail communications from individuals should be cited as personal communications. Because they do not provide recoverable data, personal communications are not included in the reference list. T. K. Lutes (personal communication, April 18, 2001) (V.-G. Nguyen, personal communication, September 28, 1998)
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What are some rules for using statistics in APA format?
Don't use unless the statistic is uncommon, used unconventionally, or is the focus of the article Don't give formulas for common statistics (f=ma) Do not repeat descriptive statistics in the text if they’re represented in a table or figure Use terms like respectively and in order when enumerating a series of statistics; this illustrates the relationship between the numbers in the series.
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What appears on the second page (following the title page) in an APA paper?
What is an abstract page (of 150-250 words)
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When citing a work with 3-5 authors, how do you cite the text internally?
List all the authors in the signal phrase or in parentheses the first time you cite the source. (Kernis, Cornell, Sun, Berry, & Harlow, 1993) In subsequent citations, only use the first author's last name followed by "et al." in the signal phrase or in parentheses. (Kernis et al., 1993)
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What is a DOI and where does it appear in your citation?
Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication). Title of article. Title of Journal, volume number, page range. doi:0000000/000000000000 or http://dx.doi.org/10.0000/0000 A digital object identifier (DOI) is a unique alphanumeric string assigned by a registration agency to identify content and provide a persistent link to its location on the Internet.
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How does the APA feel about first person?
When writing in APA Style, you can use the first person point of view when discussing your research steps ("I studied ...") and when referring to yourself and your co-authors ("We examined the literature ..."). Use first person to discuss research steps rather than anthropomorphising the work. For example, a study cannot "control" or "interpret"; you and your co-authors, however, can.