APA Style Basics

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DPELFS

• APA Style Basics

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APA Style-Documentation

• Agreement of text with list Each reference
  cited in text must appear in the reference list,
  and each entry in the reference list must be
  cited in text (p. 174).

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APA Style-Documentation

• Basic citation styles Table 6.1, p. 177.
• and vs.
• Use of et al.
• Two or more works within same parentheses
• order alphabetically in the same order they
  appear in the reference list (sec. 6.16, p. 177)

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Table 6.1, APA 6th
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APA Style-Documentation

• Disagreement between text citations and list
• Years (e.g., Mott, 1997 in text Mott, 1999 in
  RL)
• Spelling of author names (e.g., Kearny in text,
  Kearney in RL)

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APA Style-Documentation

• APA 6th, Reference Examples pp. 193-224.
• Format accuracy of citations in list
• Baker-Miller, J. (1991). The development of
  womens sense of self. Womens Growth in
  Connection. V. Jordan, J. Baker-Miller, I.P.
  Striver, J.L. Surrey Ed. Guilford, New York.
  11-27. 
• Baker-Miller, J. (1991). The development of
  womens sense of self. In V. Jordan, J.
  Baker-Miller, I.P. Striver, J.L. Surrey (Eds.),
  Womens growth in connection (pp. 11-27). New
  York, NY Guilford.

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APA Style-Numbers

• Sections 4.31-4.34, APA 6th, pp. 111-114
• Use numerals to express numbers that represent
  time, dates, ages, scores, and points on a
  scale
• e.g., 2-year-olds, 4-year institution, a 5-point
  Likert scale
• Use numerals to express numbers that denote a
  specific place in a numbered series, parts of
  books and tables...
• e.g., Grade 8 (but eighth grade), Table 3,
  chapter 5

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APA Style-Tables

• APA 6th, pp. 128-150
• Is the table necessary? (APA 6th, p. 130, sec.
  5.10)
• Titles brief, but explanatory
• Every column needs a column head
• No vertical lines
• Format challenges readability

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Using the template

• Dissertation template and Guidelines reformatted
  per APA 6th style (see pp. 19-20)