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How to Prepare a Research Report and Use APA Style Guidelines (How to…
How to Prepare a Research Report and Use APA Style Guidelines
How to write
Language
Guidelines to follow
Specificity-Accurate and clear words
Labels- avoid when possible
Participation- acknowledges participants participation
Editorial Style
Guidelins to follow
Punctuation- "Burkes' Writing Tips"
Italics- use infrequently. Use for titles
Abbreviations- Use sparingly
Quotations-used to not plagiarize
Numbers- Use words to express numbers
Physical Measurements- State all physical measurements in metric units
Presentation of Statistical Results- provide enough information to understand
Reference Citations in text-give credit
Reference list
To include
Author, year of publication, title, publishing data, and any other information necessary.
Typing
Guidelines to follow
Times New Roman, 12 point font, double spaced
How to format
APA Style
Title Page-Running Heading, Title, Authors, and institutional affiliations, author note
Abstract-Comprehensive summary
Introduction- Presents specific problem being investigated
Method-Tells how the study was conducted
Participants- Identify demographic
Results-tells how the data was analyzed
Discussion- State if hypotheses was or was not supported
References- List of all citations