EDLR 7323 & 7325/ Quantitative Research Articles: 6th edition of APA

For Assistance: For each source you used bring the pertinent information. This information can be different for different formats. Divide the sources by types.

                Example: type of resource- (book, journal article, part of a book, reference work, website), author/s, editor/s, date published, journal & book titles, website titles, retrieved from URLS, DOIs if available, publishers, , place of publication, pages, etc.

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When editors or teachers ask you to write in "APA style," they do not mean writing style. They are referring to the editorial style that many of the social and behavioral sciences have adopted to present written material in the field.

Editorial style consists of rules or guidelines that a publisher observes to ensure clear and consistent presentation of written material. Editorial style concerns uniform use of such elements as

• punctuation and abbreviations
• construction of tables
• selection of headings
• citation of references
• presentation of statistics
• as well as many other elements that are a part of every manuscript

The American Psychological Association has established a style that it uses in all of the books and journals that it publishes. Many others working in the social and behavioral sciences have adopted this style as their standard as well.

APA's style rules and guidelines are set out in a reference book called The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.

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