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1. Suppose your instructor requires you to follow the formatting instructions in the APA Pocket Style Manual exactly. Is he or she being too picky and should they lighten up a bit? You instructor is in the right and it is acceptable to ask their students to follow the APA Pocket Style Manual. The reason students should follow the formatting instructions is for their own benefit, to learn. APA Pocket Style Manual can deter plagiarism and or prevent it from occurring. Plagiarism in itself can bring huge consequences to the students if the formatting instructions are not being followed according to the APA Pocket Style Manual. Students can also follow other APA formatting instructions from other sources but the APA Pocket Style Manual would provide the most accurate and precise instructions for doing so. Therefore, I believe that when the instructor requires their students to follow the formatting instructions in the APA Pocket Style Manual, it is for the greater good and benefit of the students and their learning. 2. Are specific formatting instructions necessary in a research report? Why or why not? Formatting instructions are absolutely necessary in a research project. It is not only frustrating for instructors to receive a product that they don’t want, but it is equally frustrating for students to have to predict what the professor actually wants out an assignment. Specific formatting instructions are absolutely necessary in a research report. Research reports have their own sets of formatting requirements and should be followed when students are writing this type of report. This standardized format in a research report can support writers with the layout of their information in a well-defined and detailed manner and will also benefit readers when they are reading the report and try to find specific information. 3. If you are submitting a research report for publication or presentation, why should you be concerned about formatting? Formatting is of vital importance when we are submitting our research report for publication due to the fact that incorrect formatting will damage the creditability of the writers no matter how great our report is. Second of all, correct formatting will avoid plagiarizing other reports that have been published. For instance, when a quote is inadequately cited in our research report, it would cause plagiarism to

other writers because we did not give them the credits they deserve and would significantly hurt the credentials of our own report; even a small mistake in formatting can lead to a big damage. Ultimately, correcting citing of publications used within a writer’s report is equally as important as the content in it and the way in which is flows....