07/30/151 Writing In APA Style Writing In APA Style ENC 3213 Florida Atlantic University Fall 2012
07/30/152 APA Citation and APA Citation and Documentation Style Documentation Style Your Bible
07/30/153 WHAT IS APA? WHAT IS APA? American Psychological Association – Editorial style used in social and behavioral sciences – Guidelines used to insure clear, consistent presentation of research in writing – Protects you against charges of plagiarism Editorial style concerns uniform use of the following:
07/30/154 Elements of APA Style Elements of APA Style 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
07/30/155 APA format shows you how to APA format shows you how to professionally present research professionally present research New spap er Refer -ence Para- phras e BookJournal Quote Mag a- zine Citation Docu-ment
07/30/156 WHY DO I HAVE TO DO THIS? WHY DO I HAVE TO DO THIS? Who really cares if Icite and document correctly? Plagiarism at all time high on university campuses Ease of plagiarizing work – Internet papers for sale – Borrowing from past students – Recycling – Ignorance of rules – Laziness
07/30/157 Your Professors and Your Professors and Colleagues! Colleagues! Plagiarism has serious consequences – Failure & Dismissal – Loss of job & career – Loss of reputation – Lawsuits
07/30/158 HOW TO READ THE APA HOW TO READ THE APA STYLE MANUAL STYLE MANUAL CONTENTS vs. INDEX – Your APA book has apage calledContentsinthe beginning.Thissection gives you the topics, page, andindexnumbersfor information contained in the book. Turn to the back of the book; you’ll find a more comprehensivelistingof topics in theIndex. Please note that both the Contents and Index contain page and index number references.
07/30/159 MANUAL SET UP MANUAL SET UP Chapter 1Writing for theBehavioral and SocialSciences Chapter 2 Manuscript Structure and Content -Types of articles, ethicaland legal standards of publishing, protecting research subject rights, protecting intellectual property rights - - Manuscript elements - - The order in which your study is presented for scientific study (not applicable to business proposals or reports)
07/30/1510 MANUAL SET UP MANUAL SET UP Chapter 3Writing Clearly andConcisely Chapter 4 The Mechanics of Style - organization, writingstyle, reducing bias inlanguage, grammar andusage- - Punctuation, spelling, capitalization, italics, abbreviations, numbers, metrication, stats, equations
07/30/1511 MANUAL SET UP MANUAL SET UP Chapter 5Displaying ResultsChapters 6 & 7 Crediting Sources & Reference Exampes (MOST USED!) - Tables and Figures- When to cite, quoting & paraphrasing, CITING REFERENCES IN TEXT, REFERENCE LIST, REFERENCE COMPONENTS, EXAMPLES
07/30/1512 MANUAL SET UP MANUAL SET UP Chapter 7Manuscript Acceptance& ProductionChapter 8 Journals Program of the American Psychological Association
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