APA QUIZ
In the context of exploring past research, which of the following strategies should a researcher employ?
Use a variety of key words.
Which of the following PsycINFO search strategies should be employed by researchers?
Use fields such as TITLE and AUTHOR.
When citing an article with multiple authors, how many should you list before using "et al."?
1
our paper should have ______ margins on ______.
1.0, all sides
What is the current edition number of the APA Style manual?
7th Edition
A digital object identifier (DOI) is:
A unique alpha-numeric identifier that provides a persistent link to the resource's location
In APA style the list of references should be in what order?
Alphabetical by author's last name
Research papers should be ____________
Double-spaced
Select the correct format for the title page in APA style.
Gender Differences in Job Satisfaction
Where are in-text citations placed in an APA Style essay?
In round brackets after quotations or paraphrases
Where does the running head appear in an essay?
In the top left header
Select the correct usage of in-text citation in APA style.
Sousa-Poza and Sousa-Poza (2003) provide a detailed meta-analysis of gender differences in job satisfaction in Great Britain from 1991 to 2000
For all paraphrased or summarized content, the in-text citation must include:
The author's last name and date of publication
Correct the APA formatting error by choosing the correct option below. The study found that students struggle most with the finer details of APA formatting. (Reynolds)
The study found that students struggle most with the finer details of APA formatting (Reynolds, 2011).
Each source listed in the Reference list must be cited in text
True
In APA Style, a separate title page is required for a document
True
References have the same line spacing as the rest of the paper
True
The following sentence demonstrates correct APA citation when using a direct quote: "Job satisfaction is typically referred to as an emotional-affective response to a job or specific aspects of a job" (Spector, 1985, p. 695). Group starts
True
The following sentence demonstrates correct APA citation when using a direct quote: According to Spector (1985), "job satisfaction is typically referred to as an emotional-affective response to a job or specific aspects of a job" (p. 695). Group starts
True
When citing two or more works in the same parenthesis, the authors are separated by a semicolon.
True
Page numbers should be on the _______________.
upper right hand corner
Correct the APA formatting error by choosing the correct option below. Wanous, J. P., Reichers, A. E., & Hudy, M. J. "Overall job satisfaction: How good are single-item measures?" Journal of Applied Psychology, 82(2), 247-252.
Wanous, J. P., Reichers, A. E., & Hudy, M. J. (1997). Overall job satisfaction: How good are single-item measures? Journal of Applied Psychology, 82(2), 247-252.
Select the correct usage of in-text citation in APA style.
Women exhibit higher job satisfaction than men (Sousa-Poza & Sousa-Poza, 2003)
Select the correct citation format for two or more works in the same year by the same author: a. (Berndt, 2004a); (Berndt, 2004b) b. (Berndt, 2004i); (Berndt, 2004ii)
a
Which of the following would be included in the default output when searching PsycINFO using key terms?
all articles that have that word or phrase anywhere in any of the fields listed
What is a running head in APA style?
an abbreviated form of the title, up to 50 characters long, in all uppercase at the top of each pageCorrect
Using the Boolean operator AND when performing a search on PsycINFO will
limit results to sources that contain all the search terms specified.
When conducting a search for previous literature using PsycINFO, a researcher
can use the OR operator to include those sources that contain all the search terms specified.
Using the Boolean operator OR when performing a search on PsycINFO will
expand the search.
Which of the following is the correct APA format for a doi in the reference list at the end of an article? a. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0021193 b. doi.org/10.1037/a0021193
http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0021193
In the context of conducting a PsycINFO search, an advantage of using the asterisk (*) is that
it expands the scope of a search
In APA Style, you are not required to include "1" on the title page: Group starts
False
The reference list is arranged in the order in which sources are cited in your article.
False
When citing two or more works in the same parenthesis, the authors are separated by a comma.
False
You are not required to include the year of publication after an author's name whenever they are cited in the text. Group starts
False
The American Psychological Association computer database that stores the contents of Psychological Abstracts is
PsycINFO.
You must always start your reference list on a new page.
True
Your APA paper should be left-justified.
True
