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Introduction to APA
VII Publication
Manual
Misconceptions about Scientific writing
Writing the paper is the routine part of the research process
Forces you to commit to your evidence and conclusions
What you say is all that is important, how you say it isn’t important
Good writing leads to higher chance of accomplishing your goals
Why a structured format?
Why a structured format?
Interpreting results
Recruiting participants
Cont…
Authorship and it’s placement is negotiable
Varies with nature and type of input between student and teacher in
various phases on collaborative research
Name of principal contributor come first and other in order of
contribution
Relative status don't define authorship placement
Preferably students (for Master’s thesis) should be the first author of
multiple publications based on thesis
Same is true for PhD student, until the work is published as part of
collection of studies by other researchers
If thesis is part of faculty’s project then it is negotiable
Cont…
Copyrights
anti antisocial
co covariate
non nonsignificant
over overqualified
pre preexisting
pro prosocial
post postgraduate
re reevaluate
un unbiased
under underappreciated
Title Case Capitalization
Upper-Lower Case
Small words: conjunctions, small prepositions,
upto three words will be in small letters
Example: Role of Anxiety in Adjustment
But if four or more words then first alphabet
will be in caps
Example: Role of Anxiety in Adjustment
Among Elderly People
Attitudes of Caregivers Towards Patients With
Spinal Cord Injuries
Numbers
In general write as words all numbers from one to
nine and use numerals for all numbers 10 and
over.
Level 2: Flush Left, Boldface, Uppercase and Lowercase Heading (Title Case) (text starts from
next line)
Level 3: Flush Left, Italic, Boldface, Uppercase and Lowercase Heading (Title Case) (text
starts from next line)
Level 4: Indented, Boldface, Uppercase and Lowercase Heading (Title Case) ending with a
period. (text continue with heading)
Level 5: Indented, Italics, Boldface, Uppercase and Lowercase Heading (Title Case) ending
with a period. (text continue with heading)
Example
Research Title
Effective Teaching Evaluation Model for Faculty Development
Heading Levels
Effective Teaching (Level 1)
……………… [Text]
When you borrow words or ideas from sources to support your argument or
research you must give proper credit. By crediting your sources, you avoid
plagiarism. If you do not cite a source--intentionally or unintentionally--you
are guilty of plagiarism.
– refer to work that leads up to the work you are now doing
p. 169-171 APA 6e
Quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing. (2004). Purdue University Online Writing Lab. Retrieved September 28, 2007, from
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_quotprsum.html
Choosing Text to Integrate
1. Read the entire text, noting the key points and main ideas.
One work by two authors: Cite both names every time the reference occurs in
the text:
Smith and Jones (2008) reported that…
Epidemiological samples were found to be consistent (Packer & Rupert, 2004).
When a work has three or more authors: First time citations, include only the
surname of the first author followed by et al. and the year:
Hall et al. (2010) found that…
(Hall et al., 2010) found that…
How Do I Cite?
There are two parts to citing according to APA style:
2. List of full citations in the References page at the end of your paper
Note:
Sources cited in the text must appear in the References page.
Conversely, each entry in the References page must be cited in the
text.
Continued…
Use the author, date in-text citation format for webpages and websites.
____________ (Medley, 2019) or Medley (2019)
Webpage on a website with a group author ____________ (Small Business
Administration, 2019) or Small Business Administration (2019)
Blogs ____________ (Guta, 2019) or Guta (2019)
Podcasts ____________ (Coleman, 2020) or Coleman (2020)
Two or More Work within the Same
Parentheses
Alphabetical order
(Ahmed & Malik, 2015 ; Toor & Hanif, 2010 ; Zahra
& Parveen, 2006)
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Secondary Sources
Khan (as cited in Ahmad, 2011) found that…
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Reference List
On a separate page titled References (NOT Works Cited,
Bibliography), list all the sources cited and quoted in the
paper
Make sure you list ALL your sources referred to in the
body of the paper
All references listed alphabetically, by first author
Only author’s last name and initials are provided (invert
all authors’ names)
Begin each entry flush with the left margin
Indent subsequent lines five to seven spaces (hanging indent)
Double space both within and between entries
Italicize the PRIMARY SOURCE like title of books,journals,
magazines, thesis titles, and etc.
General Tip: Documenting Authors
full last name, a comma, a space, the
One Author:
Koch, R. T. (2004). first initial, a period, a space, the
middle initial, and a period, then a
Two Authors: space, followed by the year in
Stewart, T., & Biffle, G. parenthesis,
(1999). and ending with a period.
Svendsen, S., & Løber, L. (2020). The big picture/Academic writing: The one-
hour guide (3rd digital ed.). Hans Reitzel Forlag. https://thebigpic ture-
academicwriting.digi.hansreitzel.dk/
Whole Edited Book
Model:
Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Eds.). (Date of publication). Title of book. City:
Publisher.
Kesharwani, P. (Ed.). (2020). Nanotechnology based approaches for tuberculosis
treatment. Academic Press.
Torino, G. C., Rivera, D. P., Capodilupo, C. M., Nadal, K. L., & Sue, D. W. (Eds.).
(2019). Microaggression theory: Influence and implications. John Wiley &
Sons. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119466642
Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication). Title of article. In A.A. Author
(Ed.), Title of book ( 123 ed., pp. ##-##). City: Publisher.
Conference Proceeding
Conference proceedings published in a journal
Duckworth, A. L., Quirk, A., Gallop, R., Hoyle, R. H., Kelly, D. R., & Matthews, M. D. (2019).
Cognitive and noncognitive predictors of success. Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences, USA, 116(47), 23499–23504. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1910510116
Conference proceedings published as a whole book
Kushilevitz, E., & Malkin, T. (Eds.). (2016). Lecture notes in computer science: Vol. 9562. Theory of
cryptography. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-49096-9
Conference proceedings published as a book chapter
Bedenel, A.-L., Jourdan, L., & Biernacki, C. (2019). Probability estimation by an adapted genetic
algorithm in web insurance. In R. Battiti, M. Brunato, I. Kotsireas, & P. Pardalos (Eds.), Lecture notes
in computer science: Vol. 11353. Learning and intelligent optimization (pp. 225–240).
Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05348-2_21
Dissertation/Theses
Published Dissertation or Thesis References
Kabir, J. M. (2016). Factors influencing customer satisfaction at a fast food hamburger chain: The relationship between
customer satisfaction and customer loyalty (Publication No. 10169573) [Doctoral dissertation, Wilmington
University]. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global.
Zambrano-Vazquez, L. (2016). The interaction of state and trait worry on response monitoring in those with worry and
obsessive-compulsive symptoms [Doctoral dissertation, University of Arizona]. USA Campus.
Repository. https://repository.arizona.edu/handle/10150/620615
Unpublished Dissertation or Thesis References
Jami, H. (2012). Attitude towards hijras and their reciprocal perceptions (Doctoral dissertation). National Institute of
Psychology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Website
Website with no Author
Website with no date
Some webpages will have a 'last updated' date, use this
only if it is clearly related to the content you are citing,
not if it applies to the whole website. Otherwise use
'n.d.' for 'no date'.
Reference List
Material Type In-text citation
Example