Apa Quiz

What size should the lettering in a figure be?

12 pt font times new roman

Do you capitalize after a colon?

If the second clause can stand alone then it is capitalized.

How many bullet points are there for when to use italics.

1) titles of books, periodicals, films, videos, TV shows, and microfilm publication. 2) Genera, species, and varieties. 3) Introduction of a new, technical, or key term or label (after term has been used once do not italicize it) 4) A letter or word cited in a linguistic example. 5) Words that can be misread 6)letters used as statistical symbols or algebraic variables. 7) Some test scores ans scales 8) Periodical volume numbers in reference list. 9) Anchors of a scale. ex range 1 (poor) to 10 (excellent)

Where is it appropriate to use parentheses?

1) to set off structurally independent elements 2) to set off references citation in text 3) to introduce an abbreviation 4) to set off the letters that identify items in a series within a sentence or paragraph 5) to group mathematical expressions 6) to enclose the citation or page number of a direct quotation 7) to enclose numbers that identify displayed formulas and equations 8) to enclose statistical values 9) to enclose degree of freedom

Find a list of the order of pages in a manuscript

A. title pg- authors note B. Abstract C. Introduction D. Method- participants, material, procedure, design E. Results F. Discussion G.References H. Tables I.Figures

Where can you find information about doi's?

Chapeter 6.31 A doi is a unique alphabetic string assigned by a registration agency to identify and provide a specific link to its location on the internet

Find examples of bad and good table titiles given for comparison

Chapt 5. 12 clear and explanatory not to lengthy nor to general.

Where can you find information about appendixes?

Chapter 7.1 References to legal Materials

Where is there an example of how to cite a chapter of a book in the reference section

Chapter 7.2

Is it appropriate to capitalize names of laws or theories?

No

What is the general rule for expressing numbers as numerals vs. writing them out. Name an exception to the rule.

Numbers 10 and above are written in numerals. Ten and below are written out. Except, when the a number begins a sentence its always written in words.

Where can you find an example of how an apa style figure (with caption) will look in the paper itself?

Publication manuel

the bast single source for basic in-text citation styles

Publication manuel