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An Easy Guide to APA Style
Preface
xiii
Our Reader-Friendly Approach
xiii
Acknowledgments
xv
About the Authors
xvii
Section I. Overview
1(30)
1 APA Style Versus Format: Why It Matters to Your Audience and Why It Should Matter to You
3(8)
What Is the Difference Between APA Style and APA Format?
4(2)
Why APA Style Anyway? Wasn't MLA Good Enough?
6(1)
In the Long Run, Attention to Detail Matters (Including APA Style and Format)
7(1)
Write for Your Specific Audience: Term Papers Versus Formal Research Papers
8(3)
2 Your Visual Table of Contents QuickFinder
11(20)
The Sample Paper With Content and Page Numbers
13(18)
Section II. Writing With (APA) Style: Big-Picture Items
31(40)
3 General Writing Tips Specific to APA Style: General Bare-Bones Fundamentals
33(10)
Clear and Succinct Writing: Using Your Scholarly Voice
33(2)
Commonly Confused Words in Psychology and Beyond
35(2)
Subject-Verb Agreement
37(1)
Active Voice Versus Passive Voice in APA Style
37(3)
Some (But Not Too Much) First-Person Usage
40(1)
Avoiding Anthropomorphism
40(3)
4 A Quick Grammar Summary for APA-Style Writing
43(12)
Parts of a Sentence
44(1)
Parts of Speech
45(2)
Common Grammar Mistakes to Avoid
47(8)
5 Plagiarism and How to Avoid It: Thou Shalt Not Steal (or Be Lazy)
55(8)
But I Didn't Know
55(1)
It Sounds Like a Bad Word
56(1)
Quoting: More Than Just a Copy and Paste
57(2)
Paraphrasing: In Your Own Words
59(2)
An Author's License (Yours): Modifying Source Material
61(1)
But I Can Freely Use My Own Work, Right?
61(1)
How About This for a Plagiarism Awareness Exercise?
62(1)
6 Avoiding Biased Language
63(8)
The Fundamental Lesson: View People as Individuals First
63(1)
Specific Recommendations for Reducing Bias: Nonsexist Language and Other Areas
64(1)
Sexual Orientation
64(1)
Racial and Ethnic Identity
65(1)
Disabilities
66(1)
Occupations
66(1)
Gender and Pronouns: With an Indefinite Recommendation
67(4)
Section III. Writing With (APA) Style: Getting Down To Business
71(92)
7 Writing Your Introduction: Tying the Story All Together
73(30)
What to Include in Your Introduction
73(1)
Formatting Your Introduction Section
74(1)
Getting Your Introduction Started
75(2)
Using an Outline: Organizing Your Literature Review
77(2)
Common Mistakes to Avoid in Your Introduction
79(2)
Outline for the Sample Introduction Section Included
81(1)
Sample Paper
82(21)
8 Citing Sources in Text: Whodunit (or Said It)?
103(12)
A Good Rule of Thumb
103(1)
Ready, Cite, GO
104(1)
In-Text Citation Basics
105(2)
Some Curveballs
107(8)
9 A Step-by-Step Playbook of Your Method: How, What, When, Who, and Where?
115(10)
Where in the Flow of Pages Do You Place the Method Section?
116(1)
Where in the Method Section Does This Information Go?
117(1)
Subjects/Participants
117(2)
Materials and Apparatus
119(2)
Procedure
121(2)
Formatting Your Method Section
123(2)
10 Writing About Statistics and Associated Fun: How Did It All Turn Out?
125(8)
Let Us Talk Statistics
126(4)
Basics and Beyond
130(1)
Formatting Your Results Paragraph
130(1)
Including Effect Size and Power
131(2)
11 Writing Your Discussion: It's a Wrap
133(18)
Formatting Your Discussion Section
134(1)
What to Include in Your Discussion Section
134(1)
Getting Your Discussion Section Started
135(1)
Organizing Your Discussion Section
135(4)
Common Mistakes to Avoid in Your Discussion Section
139(1)
Outline for the Sample Discussion Section Included
140(1)
Sample Paper
141(10)
12 Everybody Needs References
151(12)
A Helpful Note
151(1)
Creating Your References Section
151(2)
Using Abbreviations
153(1)
The Basics
153(8)
Basic References Section Formatting Rules
161(1)
Some Not-So-Basic Rules You Might Need
162(1)
Section IV. Presenting Your Work In APA Format
163(54)
13 The Numbers Game: How to Write Numbers (and When the Rules Change)
165(10)
When You Use Numerals
167(1)
When You Use Words
168(2)
Using Both Numerals and Words
170(1)
How to Use Decimal Points
171(1)
Additional Rules for Including Numbers in Your Paper
171(1)
Metrication
172(1)
When Do You Use Abbreviations?
172(3)
14 Formatting: Organizing, Headings, and Making Your Work Look Good to Print
175(12)
What Goes Where?
176(1)
What Your Paper Should Look Like
176(3)
Headings
179(1)
Spelling Matters: Spelling and Capitalization Rules
180(5)
Final Touches
185(2)
15 Table That Motion: The Special Challenges of Tables and Figures
187(10)
What Is What
187(1)
Getting the Look Down
188(4)
A Note on "Notes"
192(1)
Figuring It Out
192(1)
Get Legendary (and Use Captions)
193(1)
Where to Place Tables and Figures
194(1)
But I Am Doing a Literature Review: Could I Use a Table or Figure?
195(1)
Do Not Forget
195(2)
16 Make Microsoft Word 2013 Work for You: APA Formatting
197(20)
Word 2013 Tabs and Drop-Down Menus
197(1)
Setting the Margins
198(1)
Line Spacing and Spacing Between Paragraphs
199(2)
Page Headers (First Page and Subsequent Pages) and Page Numbering
201(3)
Tabs, Centering, and the Ruler
204(3)
References and the Hanging Indent
207(1)
Preparing a Table (Rows, Columns, Lines, Centering)
208(2)
Fonts and Font Variations (Italics, Bold, Superscript)
210(1)
Page Breaks, Orphans, and Widows
211(1)
Spell-Checker and Grammar Checker
212(2)
Developing Good Habits: Autosaving, File Naming, File Storage, Frequent Backups
214(3)
Section V. Some Nitty-Gritty Details
217(10)
17 Making a List, No Apps Required: Enumeration and Seriation
219(4)
Why Bother?
219(1)
Keeping Order at the Section Level
220(1)
Order Within Paragraphs or Sentences
221(1)
On a Related Note
222(1)
18 Abbreviations, Signs, Symbols, and Punctuation: The Devil Is in the Details
223(4)
OMG: To Abbreviate or Not?
223(1)
Blinding You With Science and Latin
224(1)
Punctuation
225(2)
Section VI. In Closing: Important Considerations
227(54)
19 Using Rubrics: Knowing What It Means to Write a Good Paper
229(10)
Follow Rubrics When Provided
229(1)
Example Rubrics
230(1)
Rubric Details for the Final Draft (200 points)
231(8)
20 Proofreading the Entire Paper: Get It Right!
239(14)
Sample Student Paper for Practicing Proofreading
244(9)
21 Complete Sample of an Experimental (Research) Paper: Samples, Anyone?
253(18)
Sample Paper
255(16)
22 How to Avoid the Most Common Mistakes: All Together Now
271
APA Style and Format Quiz
272(4)
APA Style and Format Quiz: Answers
276(3)
Be Aware of Professors' Pet Peeves
279(2)
Appendix A. Error List for
Chapter 20
281(4)
Appendix B. APA Style and Format Checklist
285(2)
References
287(4)
Index
291
Research Methods For The Behavioral Sciences
About the Author
xiii
Acknowledgments
xv
Preface
xvii
To the Student-How to Use SPSS With This Book
xxv
P.1 Overview of SPSS: What Are You Looking At?
xxv
P.2 Preview of SPSS in Focus
xxix
Section I Scientific Inquiry
1(80)
Chapter 1 Introduction to Scientific Thinking
3(24)
1.1 Science as a Method of Knowing
4(1)
1.2 The Scientific Method
4(9)
1.3 Other Methods of Knowing
13(3)
1.4 The Goals of Science
16(2)
1.5 Approaches in Acquiring Knowledge
18(2)
1.6 Distinguishing Science From Pseudoscience
20(7)
Chapter 2 Generating Testable Ideas
27(26)
2.1 Generating Interesting and Novel Ideas
28(1)
2.2 Converting Ideas to Hypotheses and Theories
29(4)
2.3 Developing Your Idea: Deduction and Induction
33(2)
2.4 Performing a Literature Review
35(5)
2.5 Ethics in Focus: Giving Proper Credit
40(2)
2.6 The "3 Cs" of an Effective Literature Review
42(3)
2.7 Testing Your Idea: Confirmation and Disconfirmation
45(2)
2.8 Ethics in Focus: Publication Bias
47(6)
Chapter 3 Research Ethics
53(28)
3.1 Ethics in Behavioral Research
54(1)
3.2 The Need for Ethics Committees in Research: A Historical Synopsis
54(6)
3.3 Ethics in Focus: Examples From Psychology
60(3)
3.4 Human Participant Research: IRBs and the APA Code of Conduct
63(8)
3.5 Ethics in Focus: Anonymity and Confidentiality
71(1)
3.6 Animal Subject Research: IACUCs and the APA Code of Conduct
72(1)
3.7 Additional Ethical Considerations: Scientific Integrity
73(8)
Section II Defining And Measuring Variables, Selecting Samples, And Choosing An Appropriate Research Design
81(88)
Chapter 4 Identifying Scientific Variables
83(30)
4.1 Criteria for Defining and Measuring Variables
84(1)
4.2 Constructs and Operational Definitions
85(2)
4.3 Types of Variables
87(2)
4.4 Scales of Measurement
89(4)
4.5 Reliability of a Measurement
93(3)
4.6 Validity of a Measurement
96(3)
4.7 Selecting a Measurement Procedure
99(4)
4.8 Ethics in Focus: Replication as a Gauge for Fraud?
103(1)
4.9 SPSS in Focus: Entering and Coding Data
103(10)
Chapter 5 Sampling From Populations
113(26)
5.1 Why Do Researchers Select Samples?
114(1)
5.2 Subjects, Participants, and Sampling Methods
114(3)
5.3 Methods of Sampling: Nonprobability Sampling
117(2)
5.4 Methods of Sampling: Probability Sampling
119(7)
5.5 Sampling Error and Standard Error of the Mean
126(2)
5.6 SPSS in Focus: Estimating the Standard Error of the Mean
128(1)
5.7 Potential Biases in Sampling
129(1)
5.8 Ethics in Focus: Participant Pools
130(1)
5.9 SPSS in Focus: Identifying New Populations Using the One-Sample t Test
131(8)
Chapter 6 Choosing a Research Design
139(30)
6.1 Designing a Study to Answer a Question
140(1)
6.2 Categories of Research Design
141(6)
6.3 Internal and External Validity
147(1)
6.4 Demonstrating Cause in an Experiment
148(5)
6.5 Ethics in Focus: Beneficence and Random Assignment
153(1)
6.6 Threats to the Internal Validity of a Research Study
154(6)
6.7 Threats to the External Validity of a Research Study
160(2)
6.8 External Validity, Experimentation, and Realism
162(1)
6.9 A Final Thought on Validity and Choosing a Research Design
163(6)
Section III Nonexperimental Research Designs
169(68)
Chapter 7 Naturalistic, Qualitative, and Existing Data Research Designs
171(32)
Naturalistic Observation
172(8)
7.1 An Overview of Naturalistic Observation
172(1)
7.2 The Research Setting: Natural and Contrived Settings
173(1)
7.3 Techniques for Conducting Naturalistic Observation
174(5)
7.4 Ethics in Focus: Influencing Participant Behavior
179(1)
Qualitative Designs
180(10)
7.5 An Overview of Qualitative Designs
180(3)
7.6 Qualitative Research Designs
183(6)
7.7 Ethics in Focus: Anonymity in Qualitative Research
189(1)
Existing Data Designs
190(13)
7.8 An Overview of Existing Data Designs
190(1)
7.9 Existing Data Designs
191(5)
7.10 Ethics in Focus: Existing Data and Experimenter Bias
196(7)
Chapter 8 Survey and Correlational Research Designs
203(34)
Survey Designs
204(13)
8.1 An Overview of Survey Designs
204(1)
8.2 Types of Survey Items
204(4)
8.3 Rules for Writing Survey Items
208(5)
8.4 Administering Surveys
213(2)
8.5 Surveys, Sampling, and Nonresponse Bias
215(1)
8.6 Ethics in Focus: Handling and Administering Surveys
216(1)
Correlational Designs
217(22)
8.7 The Structure of Correlational Designs
217(1)
8.8 Describing the Relationship Between Variables
218(5)
8.9 Limitations in Interpretation
223(3)
8.10 Correlation, Regression, and Prediction
226(2)
8.11 SPSS in Focus: Correlation and Linear Regression
228(9)
Section IV Quasi-Experimental And Experimental Research Designs
237(128)
Chapter 9 Quasi-Experimental and Single-Case Experimental Designs
239(34)
Quasi-Experimental Designs
240(16)
9.1 An Overview of Quasi-Experimental Designs
240(1)
9.2 Quasi-Experimental Design: One-Group Designs
241(2)
9.3 Quasi-Experimental Design: Nonequivalent Control Group Designs
243(3)
9.4 Quasi-Experimental Design: Time Series Designs
246(4)
9.5 Quasi-Experimental Design: Developmental Designs
250(6)
9.6 Ethics in Focus: Development and Aging 255
Single-Case Experimental Designs
256(17)
9.7 An Overview of Single-Case Designs
256(1)
9.8 Single-Case Baseline-Phase Designs
257(6)
9.9 Validity, Stability, Magnitude, and Generality
263(2)
9.10 Ethics in Focus: The Ethics of Innovation
265(8)
Chapter 10 Between-Subjects Experimental Designs
273(32)
10.1 Conducting Experiments: Between-Subjects Design
274(1)
10.2 Experimental Versus Control Group
275(1)
10.3 Manipulation and the Independent Variable
276(4)
10.4 Variability and the Independent Variable
280(3)
10.5 Ethics in Focus: The Accountability of Manipulation
283(1)
10.6 Comparing Two Independent Samples
284(2)
10.7 SPSS in Focus: Two-Independent-Sample t Test
286(3)
10.8 Comparing Two or More Independent Samples
289(3)
10.9 SPSS in Focus: One-Way Between-Subjects ANOVA
292(4)
10.10 Measuring the Dependent Variable
296(2)
10.11 Advantages and Disadvantages of the Between-Subjects Design
298(7)
Chapter 11 Within-Subjects Experimental Designs
305(30)
11.1 Conducting Experiments: Within-Subjects Design
306(1)
11.2 Controlling Time-Related Factors
307(5)
11.3 Ethics in Focus: Minimizing Participant Fatigue
312(1)
11.4 Individual Differences and Variability
313(2)
11.5 Comparing Two Related Samples
315(4)
11.6 SPSS in Focus: Related-Samples t Test
319(1)
11.7 Comparing Two or More Related Samples
320(3)
11.8 SPSS in Focus: One-Way Within-Subjects ANOVA
323(3)
11.9 An Alternative to Pre-Post Designs: Solomon Four-Group Design
326(2)
11.10 Comparing Between-Subjects and Within-Subjects Designs
328(7)
Chapter 12 Factorial Experimental Designs
335(30)
12.1 Testing Multiple Factors in the Same Experiment
336(1)
12.2 Selecting Samples for a Factorial Design in Experimentation
337(1)
12.3 Types of Factorial Designs
338(3)
12.4 Ethics in Focus: Participant Fatigue and Factorial Designs
341(1)
12.5 Main Effects and Interactions
342(5)
12.6 Identifying Main Effects and Interactions in a Graph
347(3)
12.7 Including Quasi-Independent Factors in an Experiment
350(1)
12.8 Reasons for Including Two or More Factors in an Experiment
351(3)
12.9 Higher-Order Factorial Designs
354(2)
12.10 SPSS in Focus: General Instructions for Conducting a Factorial ANOVA
356(9)
Section V Analyzing, Interpreting, And Communicating Research Data
365(90)
Chapter 13 Analysis and Interpretation: Exposition of Data
367(30)
13.1 Descriptive Statistics: Why Summarize Data?
368(2)
13.2 Frequency Distributions: Tables and Graphs
370(2)
13.3 Measures of Central Tendency
372(4)
13.4 Measures of Variability
376(3)
13.5 SPSS in Focus: Central Tendency and Variability
379(2)
13.6 Graphing Means and Correlations
381(3)
13.7 Using Correlation to Describe Reliability
384(2)
13.8 SPSS in Focus: Cronbach's Alpha and Cohen's Kappa
386(4)
13.9 Ethics in Focus: Deception Due to the Distortion of Data
390(7)
Chapter 14 Analysis and Interpretation: Making Decisions About Data
397(28)
14.1 Inferential Statistics: What Are We Making Inferences About?
398(3)
14.2 Types of Error and Power
401(2)
14.3 Parametric Tests: Applying the Decision Tree
403(2)
14.4 Nonparametric Tests: Applying the Decision Tree
405(4)
14.5 SPSS in Focus: The Chi-Square Tests
409(3)
14.6 Effect Size: How Big Is an Effect in the Population?
412(4)
14.7 Estimation: What Are the Possible Values of a Parameter?
416(1)
14.8 Confidence Intervals, Significance, and Effect Size
416(2)
14.9 Issues for Interpretation: Precision and Certainty
418(1)
14.10 Ethics in Focus: Full Disclosure of Data
419(6)
Chapter 15 Communicating Research: Preparing Manuscripts, Posters, and Talks
425(30)
15.1 Elements of Communication
426(4)
15.2 Writing a Manuscript: Writing Style and Language
430(3)
15.3 Elements of an APA-Style Manuscript
433(11)
15.4 Literature Reviews
444(1)
15.5 Reporting Observations in Qualitative Research
445(1)
15.6 Ethics in Focus: Credit and Authorship
446(1)
15.7 Presenting a Poster
447(1)
15.8 Giving a Professional Talk
448(7)
Appendix A: APA-Style Writing, Sample Manuscript, and Posters
455(52)
A.1 Essentials for Writing APA-Style Research Papers
455(6)
A.2 Grammar, Punctuation, and Spelling [ GPS) Writing Guide
461(26)
A.3 Sample APA-Style Manuscript
487(16)
A.4 Poster Template and Sample Poster
503(4)
Appendix B: Instructions for Randomizing and Counterbalancing
507(8)
B.1 Random Numbers Table
507(5)
B.2 Constructing a Latin Square
512(3)
Appendix C: SPSS General Instructions Guide and Statistical Tables
515(20)
C.1 General Instructions Guide for Using SPSS
515(11)
C.2 Statistical Tables
526(9)
Glossary
535(14)
References
549(14)
Index
563