...Guidelines to APA Style Paper Writing The American Psychological Association publication manual started out as an article in 1929. Since then it has been sculpted to advance scholarship through setting standards for scientific communication. The creators managed to establish a style of writing that would uniform the many components of scientific writing to increase reading comprehension. Since then the APA style has grown from a simple set of style rules to an authoritative source on all aspects of scholarly writing. The rules are drawn from a vast amount of psychological literature. The sixth edition was the most recently published APA manual, it is a condensed manual of over 30 years of editing and adding rules to continue the advancement of scholarship. This paper will discuss the information found between two YouTube videos explaining the setup of APA style. Page Settings Before beginning a paper in APA style, it is best to insure all page settings are correct. Selecting you margins always a good place to start, according to the manual the margins must be 1-inch margins. This is the normal setting in the margins section of Microsoft Word (Taylor, 2009). Now you want to make sure your font is setup properly; the font should be Times New...
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...Running head: APA STYLE FOR RESEARCH REPORTS 1 Natural Ethics, Unnatural Law Hoang Le Bristol University University APA STYLE FOR RESEARCH REPORTS 2 Abstract The purpose of this paper is to describe and model APA-style of writing for research reports. Each section of an APA-style paper is described and is written according to the APA-style guidelines to allow you to use it as a model. The Abstract summarizes the main points of the paper in 120 or fewer words. The Introduction should describe the research topic and hypotheses and the support for these hypotheses. The Method is written in subsections: Participants, Design, Materials, and Procedure. The study should be described in enough detail to replicate it. The Results section describes the data and any statistical tests used. The Discussion restates the hypotheses, giving evidence if they are supported. APA STYLE FOR RESEARCH REPORTS 3 Introduction to APA Publication Style for Research Reports in Psychology It is important for businesses to be legally right. But it is even more important for businesses to be ethically right. History Laws are made by people. As such, it is subject to only two factors: the lawmaker’s sense of justice and his/her personal’s interests. History has proven the law as a method to, most importantly, protect the interests...
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...CONTENT (50 points) | |Excellent: 9-10 |Satisfactory: 7-8 |Weak: 0-6 |Grade | |Thesis |Clearly stated and |Clearly stated but lacking |Thesis unclear or missing | | | |appropriately focused |sharp focus | | | | | | | | | |Analysis |Clearly relates evidence to |Evidence related to main points|Evidence not explained or | | | |points; addresses audience |with some clarity; addresses |connected to larger argument; | | | |concerns; effectively reaches |most audience concerns; reaches|fails to consider audience; | | | |purpose |purpose |purpose unclear | | |Attribution |Attribution with author’s last |Attribution with author’s last |Difficult to distinguish | | | |name for all borrowed ideas |name distinguishes student’s |student’s ideas from source’s | | | |adds clarity...
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...PY1101 – Writing in Psychology APA 6th Edition “HOW TO” GUIDE In Psychology, we use the formatting guidelines as set out in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA), 6th Edition. This is a starter guide to the APA formatting guidelines. This guide is not all-inclusive, but will help get you started for your first assignment. Burton’s ‘An interactive approach to writing essays and research reports in Psychology’ is the best guide to help you with APA formatting and referencing. There are other resources online and in the library also. Setting up the Format You need to consider all aspects of the format of the document. The easiest thing to do is to adjust your ‘default’ settings in Microsoft Word to the following: • Font = Times New Roman, Size 12 • This is non-negotiable • Line Spacing = double – everywhere (including the References) • Page Numbers = upper right corner • Title page should have a page number • Margins = 2.54cm (top, bottom, left & right) Headings |Level of Heading |Format | |1 |Centred, Boldface, Upper and Lowercase Heading | |2 |Flush Left, Boldface, Upper and Lowercase Heading | |3 | Indented,...
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...|Name | |Date: | | Overview: “APA, Plagiarism, & Role Transition Articles” In the Week 1 Assignment, you will view an APA Module to obtain information about writing in a professional style and in professional formats that are expected at the BSN level of the School of Nursing. After viewing the APA Module, you will submit an Attestation Statement Form. The reference on Scholarly Writing in your Resources will also provide tips on strengthening your professional writing skills. As part of scholarly writing, you must ensure proper citation for others’ work, including both direct quotations and paraphrased ideas, so you will study a Plagiarism Module for guidelines. Since your professional nursing experience may not have required you to regularly access professional libraries or databases, you will learn and practice the procedures for retrieving research articles. As a part of this assignment, you will select, cite, and summarize two research articles on the role transition from RN to BSN. Resources Use the following resources as you complete this Application assignment. Access these resources in the Resource section or by entering the web addresses provided into your address bar. APA Module http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=apa_exposed Scholarly Writing Tips (available in the Resource section of this week) Plagiarism Module ...
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...lack of knowledge of the American Psychological Association (APA) writing guidelines, procrastination, which does not allow the individual to spend the time needed to research the topic. The guidelines of the American Psychological Association should be followed. Some students plagiarize because they think that it is not necessary to place citations throughout the written work text, but only on the reference page. This occurs when the individual is unfamiliar with the APA guidelines. Lack of knowledge of the subject due to students procrastinating. Procrastination does not allow for the student to thoroughly research the subject to ensure that the ideas are solely his or her own. Procrastination can cause a student to plagiarize by copying and pasting the information that is found. This practice can also cause a student to purchase the work of others from different sources. Intentional versus Unintentional Plagiarism Intentional plagiarism occurs when an individual knowingly uses the work of another as his or her own. A common form of intentional plagiarism is copying and pasting from multiple sources to construct a source and not giving the authors credit. Unintentional plagiarism occurs when an individual uses a series of words from a source and does not credit the author. A common form of unintentional plagiarism is rearranging the information that another author wrote by changing or omitting words (APA, 2010, pg. 171). Students sometimes forget to provide an in...
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...American Psychological Association [APA] Style Guide for Writing Introduction Students of Grand Canyon University (GCU) are required to use the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.) for preparing written assignments, except where otherwise noted. All students should have a personal copy of the APA Publication Manual, which is available through the GCU Bookstore or local bookstores. In the interest of providing resource material for student use, this guide to APA style and format has been developed and made available. It is based on the current 6th edition of the APA Manual. However, the guide only highlights aspects of APA style and format, and so it is recommended that students use the APA Manual as a resource when writing APA-style papers. An APA template has been provided in the Student Success Center’s Writing Center for student download and use. PLEASE NOTE: The curriculum materials (Syllabus, Lectures/Readings, Resources, etc.) created and provided by GCU in the online or Web-enhanced modalities are prepared using an editorial format that relies on APA as a framework but that modifies some formatting criteria to better suit the nature and purpose of instructional materials. Students and faculty are advised that GCU course materials do not adhere strictly to APA format and should not be used as examples of correct APA format, or in place of the APA Manual, when preparing written work for class. APA Format and Style General Academic...
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...Introduction: This research tackles about an academic format specified in the Publication of the Manual American Psychological Association, a style guide that offers academic authors guidance on various subjects for the submission of papers to the publications of APA. The APA states that the guidelines were developed to assist reading comprehension in the social and behavioural sciences, for clarity of communication and for "word choice that best reduces bias in language. on the structure of research papers of various kinds, spelling rules, an author-date reference style, construction of tables and graphs, plagiarism, formatting of papers, and much more. APA style is widely used, either entirely or with modifications, by hundreds of other scientific journals (including medical and other public health journals), in many textbooks, and in academia (for papers written in classes). Discussion: In the interest of transparency (and following the same procedure that was followed for the fifth edition), staff posted all of the corrections online in a single document on October 1, 2009, and shortly thereafter alerted users to the existence of the corrections in an APA blog entry. On the same day the corrections were posted, an individual posting to the Educational and Behavioural Sciences Section mailing-list of the American Library Association alerted readers to what she described as the "many" errors in the first printing, and speculated that "some but not all" would be corrected...
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...APA Style format was established by the American Psychological Association in 1929. It is for the purpose of having a standard in writing research papers. There are several elements or parts of a manuscript in accordance to the APA Publication Manual. The following are their brief descriptions of each: The title page contains the title, followed by the author’s name and institutional affiliation, then the author’s note, and must be double-spaced. The page starts with the header or running head accompanied with the page number which is located at the upper left and repeated in every page of the manuscript; it is left-justified and typed in all capital letters. An abstract is a brief, comprehensive summary of the contents of the article (APA, 2010). It briefly describe the rationale, hypothesis, method, important results, and implications of the research. Starting with the word “Abstract” centered on the first line continued with a single paragraph without indentions, and limited to 120 words. The introduction starts by introducing the specific problem and its importance, then followed by the author’s discussion of reviews and critiques relevant to the problem. The reviews doesn’t necessarily have to be chronologically arranged, but should start in a general view then move to a more specific or advanced findings. Followed by the culmination of a statement of the hypothesis and how it addresses the problem of the research. With no breaks at the end of the introduction...
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...FIN 534 Research Assignment Keila Stinson Strayer University Dr. Scott Shaw June 29, 2015 Financial managers at many levels have to make important investment decisions continuously. When making investment decisions the primary goal of the financial manager is to maximize the wealth of the firm’s shareholders. It is critical that effective investment decisions are made. If a financial manager makes the wrong investment decision an important opportunity is lost forever and the firm will needlessly squander substantial resources. If the decision is effective the firm will reap major strategic and operational advantages. In order to make a successful investment decision, financial managers must understand that it is a process that involves risk management, strategy, and timing. Essentially, the investment must offer a competitive advantage, have long term economic prospects, and most importantly produce an increase in the firms bottom line. Nike is leading publicly traded company of which a financial managers decision to invest would be highly beneficial. Over the past 5 years, Nike has recorded a growth of 200% in its stock price. Leading the apparel industry, the sporting goods giant stands on competitive advantages that allow the sustainability of market leadership. Nike’s ability to innovate it’s products and effectively sell the concept to consumers has contributed to making the company a stromg world wide brand. Nike’s intense focus on customer satisfaction has...
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...APA/MLA Worksheet (each question is worth 3 points.) Questions 1-7 can be found by reviewing the APA /MLA Overview Handout. For questions 8-13 use the Formatting MLA /APA Citations handout. For questions 14-15 use the In-Text citations handout. 1) What does MLA stand for? What does APA stand for? What is the purpose for them? Modern Language Association. American Psychological Association. The main purpose of using these guidelines provides consistency when writing papers. 2) In MLA, what goes in the upper-left hand corner of the first page of your paper? Where do the page numbers go? In APA, how do you format the first page? In the upper left hand corner of the first page you put your name, your instructor's name, course name, and due date. The page numbers go in the upper right hand corner. 3) What does in-text (parenthetical) citation refer to (use APA/MLA handout and In-text citations handout)? This method refers to placing relevant source information in parentheses after a quote or paraphrase. 4) Why do we need in-text citation? In-text citations acknowledge your source, support your argument, and help locate within the source where you got your information. 5) What is the Works Cited page and the References page for? These pages are used to list your sources that you used for your paper. 6) What are the first three rules outlined in your MLA handout under Format? Choose a standard, easy to read font. Align text to the left and do not justify...
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...organization, even if you do not plan to actually submit the report. The audience within the organization will be whatever level is most appropriate to make a decision on the topic of your report. Write a minimum of 4-6 single-spaced report pages (not including the table of contents, transmittal form, executive summary, or title page). 1. Organize the reports by section headings. 2. The report should contain relevant and applicable graphics (at least one). 3. The findings should be based on research, including at least one (1) primary source and at least three (3) secondary sources. Sources should be credible and reliable (no Wikipedia). 4. The report should reflect a style and format appropriate for business, i.e., single spacing and bullet points are acceptable for the business report. 5. Headings, figures, and appendices should follow guidelines of APA style. All in-text citations and the references page should be cited according to APA style, 6th edition guidelines. Preliminary parts 1. Title page 2. Transmittal (1 page) 3. Table of contents 4. Executive summary (1 page) Report text 5. Introduction 6. Problem statement 7. Method used 8. Findings 9. Analysis 10. Conclusion Addenda 11. References 12. Appendices Your assignment must: 13. Be typed, single spaced, using Times New Roman...
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...[pic] [pic]APA style From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search |[pic] |This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. Please improve this article if you can. The talk page may | | |contain suggestions. (November 2010) | | | |Style guides | |ACS Style Guide | |AMA Manual of Style | |The Associated Press Stylebook | |The Chicago Manual of Style | |Turabian | |The Elements of Style | |The Elements of Typographic Style | |ISO 690 | |MHRA Style Guide | |MLA Handbook | |MLA Style Manual | |The New York Times Manual | |The Oxford Guide to Style/New...
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...Help on this Page Directions SUBDOMAIN 105.3 - WRITING SKILLS Competency 105.3.1: Adaptation - The graduate adapts a particular writing to meet the needs of a specific audience, purpose, and situation. ________________________________________ Introduction: In this assessment you will write an essay that is both informational and persuasive on a given topic. You are not expected to have any prior research on the topics. You should be able to compose a cohesive essay using information you already know as well as ideas and preferences you already have. For the persuasive part of the essay, your evidence or support may be in the form of examples, details, or elaboration on the idea that you present. Topics: Note: Choose only one of the following topics for your essay. You are planning to adopt a pet. What type of pet (dog, cat, lizard, bird, etc.) will you choose and why? Persuade a friend or relative to adopt a pet as well. You considered many factors when deciding to enroll at WGU. Describe your reasons for choosing to become a WGU student, and persuade a friend to enroll at WGU. You have decided to splurge on a dream vacation with your family. Explain why this vacation is worth the expense, and persuade your family to vacation at your preferred location. Explain one of your hobbies, and persuade a friend to take up this hobby. A close friend of yours is beginning the process of adopting a child and has asked you to provide a letter of recommendation...
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...your paper, write a concise summary of the key points of your research. Do not indent. Your abstract should contain at least your research topic, research questions, participants, methods, results, data analysis, and conclusions. You may also include possible implications of your research and future work you see connected with your findings. Your abstract should be a single paragraph double-spaced. An abstract should be between 150 and 250 words. TITLE OF PAPER !3 Title of Paper The first part of the paper is called the “Introduction” section, yet it does not have a heading that actually says “Introduction.” Instead, the title of the paper is typed at the top of the first page (be sure to center the title, but do not put it in bold). In this section you would often start with a topic paragraph that introduces the problem under study. Introductions are designed to grab the attention of the reader, set up the topic you will be writing about, and state your thesis for the paper. The importance of the topic should be pretty clear from the first paragraph or two of the Introduction. Section 2.05 of the American Psychological Association (APA) manual (APA, 2010) will help give you some ideas about how to write this. The bulk of the Introduction section is background literature on the topic. Here a literature review is often very helpful to provide a theoretical or empirical basis for the research. Try to provide the reader with enough information on the topic...
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