KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
MID SEMESTER EXAMINATION
SEMESTER TWO, 2024/2025
TERM PAPER
INDEX NUMBER: 2460922
ENGL 352: RESEARCH METHODS II
INTEGRAL CITATION ERRORS
Long(2004) 1.Mills, Khanna, Walia & Grund(2008)
Hughes(2002) 2. Matheson, Pierre, Foster, Kent, and
Anisman (2021)
Mills ,Khanna, Walia & Grund(2008) 3. Williams and Mohammed (2009) and
Earnshaw, Rosenthal, Lewis, Stasko, Tobin,
Lewis and Ickovics (2019)
Gerassi(2020) 4. Prather, Fuller, Jefferies, Marshall, Howell,
Belyue-Umole and King(2018)
Banks and Kychelhahn(2011) and Martin and 5. Clarke, Clarke, Roe-Sepowitz, and
Pierce(2014) Fey(2012)
Solorzano and Yosso(2002) 6. Swenson, Saldana, Joyner and
Henggeler(2006)
Rorintulus(2020)
Kammampoal(2018)
Asempasah(2023)
Lyle(2018)
Khan(2019)
Alleyne(2006)
More and More (2008)
Matheson, Pierre, Foster, Kent, and
Anisman(2021)
Boyd-Franklin(2003)
Bell(1992)(p.13)
Valandra(2007)
Williams and Mohammed (2009) and
Earnshaw, Rosenthal, Lewis, Stasko, Tobin,
Lewis and Ickovics(2013)
Prather, Fuller, Jefferies, Marshall, Howell,
Belyue-Umole and King(2018)
Putman(2003)
Kramer and Berg(2003), Boney-McCoy and
Finkelhor(1995) and Finkelhor(1994)
Krammer and Berg(2003)
Clarke, Clarke, Roe-Sepowitz, and Fey(2012)
Clarke et al.(2019)
Banks and Kychelhahn(2011)
Martin and Pierce(2014)
Belsky’s(1980)
Bronfenbrenner’s(1979)
Hurst(2015)
Swenson, Saldana, Joyner and
Henggeler(2006)
Wulandari(2019) and Triani(2022)
Umezurike(2015)
Francis and Ohiwerei(2019)
Nutsukpo(2019)
Makokha, Muhia and Obura (2022)
Larasati and Kasih(2023)
Khan(2019)
Bonvillain(2016)
Adeyelure and Roux(2023)
Choirin(2023)
FREQUENCY = 40
COMMENTS ON ERRORS
1. Mills, Khanna, Walia & Grund(2008): in integral citation ‘amd’ is used as the
conjunction between the names not the ‘&’.
2. Matheson, Pierre, Foster, Kent, and Anisman (2021): When citing and the authors are
more than 3 ‘et al.’ is what is used.
3. Williams and Mohammed (2009) and Earnshaw, Rosenthal, Lewis, Stasko, Tobin, Lewis
and Ickovics (2019): When citing and the authors are more than 3 ‘et al.’ is what is used.
4. Prather, Fuller, Jefferies, Marshall, Howell, Belyue-Umole and King(2018): When citing
and the authors are more than 3 ‘et al.’ is what is used.
5. Clarke, Clarke, Roe-Sepowitz, and Fey(2012) : When citing and the authors are more
than 3 ‘et al.’ is what is used.
6. Swenson, Saldana, Joyner and Henggeler(2006): When citing and the authors are more
than 3 ‘et al.’ is what is used.
NON-INTEGRAL CITATION ERRORS
(Hughes, 2002; Gerassi, 2015; Jordan, Patel NO ERRORS
& Rapp, 2013)
(Hughes, 2002)
(Gerassi, 2015)
(Bettio & Nandi,2010)
(Heil & Nichols, 2015; Reid, 2010; Curtis,
Terry & Dank, 2008; Oselin, 2014)
(Stefancic, 2001)
(Nutsukpo, 2019)
(Krammer & Berg, 2003)
( Alhafiah, 2017)
FREQUENCY= 9
REPORTING VERBS
REPORTING VERBS FORMS FREQUENCY
provides Addition 4
develops addition 1
examines evaluation 5
acknowledge agreement 2
observes evaluation 1
suggested suggestion 3
posits suggestion 1
indicated presentation 2
noted emphasis 2
revealed explanation 5
established addition 2
report presentation 1
conclude conclusion 1
expands addition 1
contends disagreement 1
points presentation 1
employed presentation 2
highlight presentation 1
explores presentation 2
delved into explanation 1
seeks examination 1
argues disagreement 2
relies addition 1
investigate examination 1
attempt suggestion 1
REFERENCE LIST
Number of Reference =46
ERRORS MADE
There were eight(8) mistakes made in the refrence list.
1. There were four(4) works which did not have the journal name italicize for example,
Belsky, J. (1980). Child maltreatment: An ecological imtegration. American
Psychologist, 35(4):320-335.
2. Two of the mistakes were punctuational mistakes for example, Krammer, L.A. & Berg,
E. C. (2003). A survival analysis of timing of entry into prostitution:
3. Two of the works did not have the issue number for example, Joffers, C., Mills, E.,
Joffres, M., Khanna, T., Walia, H., & Grund, D. (2008). Sexual slavery without borders:
trafficking for commercial sexual exploitation in India. International Journal for Equity in
Health, 7, 1-11
