APA style Referencing: PDF

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2.0 line spacing 1.27 indent normal margin (2.54) page numbers on top right corner title no longer than 12 words word count on title page alphabetical order in reference list reference list has hanging dent running head on every page (shortened of title) include title page (psychology) times new roman font when mentioning authors (direct voice) use “and” if within reference use “&” when referencing 5 authors include comma after ‘and’ on the 4th name when writing “et al” in intext it is: et al., when writing “et al” in direct voice: et al. use comma for any list before the &

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Don’t leave a space between paragraphs, only indent

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Always a subtitle for methods

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Good website for example writings is academicwriting.apa.org

1. Title page a. Max. 12 words b. Typed in upper and lower case letters c.

Centred

d. In upper half of the page

1. Abstract a. Succinctly communicates the main content of the report b. Single paragraph, 1502. Intro 3. Method 4. Results 5. Discussion 6. References

EXAMPLE Title When University students drink too much: the consequences of tasty drinks Mattiese M Clifford Macquartie University 45622442

T- test apa - italicise

APA t-test format E.g “There was a significant difference in the scores for sugar (M = 4.20, SD = 1.30) and no sugar (M = 2.20, SD = 0.840) conditions; t(8)=2.89, p=.02.” • All statistic symbols italicized • All statistics to 2 decimal places • If the statistic can not be greater than 1 the zero before the decimal place is omitted. • Does not need...