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APA Format Quiz questions with completesolutions 2024
What jdoes jAPA jregulate? j- jANS✓✓-Stylistics
In-text jcitations
References j(a jlist jof jall jthe jsources jused jin jthe jpaper)
Writing jStyle j- jANS✓✓-APA jemphasizes jclear jcommunication, jorganization, jand
jsmooth jand jprecise jstyle
Continuity jin jpresentation jof jideas j
Smoothness jof jexpression j
Precision jand jClarity
Avoid jcolloquial jexpressions j- jANS✓✓-"I jwill jcome jup jwith ja jresearch..."
"Many jtimes..."
"Whether jor jnot..."
Avoid japproximations jthat jare jambiguous j- jANS✓✓-"quite ja jlarge jpart"
"most jpeople"
Avoid jclichés j- jANS✓✓-"Old jas jtime"
"All jthat jglitters jis jnot jgold"
Active jvoice j- jANS✓✓-APA jStyle jencourages jusing jthe jactive jvoice j("We
jinterpreted jthe jresults j..."). j
Especially jwhen jthe jsubject jperforming jthe jaction jshould jbe jclearly jidentified
j(e.g. j"We jinterviewed j..." jvs. j"The jparticipants jresponded j...").
Numbers jas jNumerals j- jANS✓✓-Numbers jabove j10
Numbers jin jyour jabstract j(that jaren't jat jthe jbeginning jof jthe jsentence)
Numbers jimmediately jpreceding ja junit jof jmeasurement j(5-mg jdosage)
, Numbers jthat jrepresent jmathematical jfunctions j(multiplied jby j5)
Numbers jthat jrepresent jtime, jages, jscore, jor jpoints jon ja jscale.
Numbers jthat jreference ja jtable jor ja jfigure j(In jTable j1)
Numbers jas jWords j- jANS✓✓-Numbers jzero-nine
A jnumber jthat jbegins ja jsentence, jtitle, jor jheading
Common jfractions j(one jfifth)
Universally jaccepted jusage j(the jTwelve jApostles)
Grammar j- jANS✓✓-Use jcomplete jsentences
No jfragments
Complex jsentences jare jwelcomed j(that jdoesn't jmean jrun-on jsentences)
No jcontractions:
Incorrect: j"The jresults jdidn't jshow jan jincrease....."
Correct: j"The jresults jdid jnot jshow jan jincrease....."
Verbs
Use jpast jtense j(showed) jor jpresent jperfect jtense j(has jshown) jfor jthe
jIntroduction, jthe jdescription jof jthe jmethods, jand jthe jdescription jof jthe jresults
Use jpresent jtense j(show) jfor jthe jdiscussion jand jconclusion
Reducing jBias jin jLanguage j- jANS✓✓-Avoid jsexist jbias j
e.g., jdo jnot juse jhe jto jrefer jto jboth jsexes
Avoid jgendered jpronouns
Avoid j"he" jor j"she"
Racial jand jethnic jidentities, jdisabilities, j& jage jare jother jareas jto javoid
jlanguage jbias.
You jcan jdescribe jparticipants jusing jthe jparameters jof jyour jresearch
E.g. j"Results jshowed jdifferences jbetween jthose jwith jhigh jself-esteem
jcompared jto jthose jwith jlow jself-esteem...."
E.g. j"Patients jdiagnosed jwith jcancer..."
General jFormat j- jANS✓✓-Standard-sized jpaper j(8.5 jx j11)
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