APA Style is a set of guidelines for clear and precise scholarly communication. It is used by millions of people around the world in the field of psychology and also in nursing, social work, communications, education, business, engineering, and other disciplines. APA Style includes guidance for writing manuscripts for publication as well as student papers, dissertations and theses. (Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 2020, p.xvii)
APA Style® refers to a set of rules and guidelines found in the seventh edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. The rules determine how you cite references, punctuation, title page format, and so on. You will be required to use APA Style when completing assignments.
An APA paper must have these components
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Abbreviations GuideNote: Applies to Graphs, Charts, Drawings, Maps, Tables and Photographs
Magazines and Journals
Figure X. Description of the image or title of the image. From "Title of Article," by Article Author's First Initial. Second Initial. Last Name, year, day, (for a magazine) or year (for a journal), Title of Magazine or Journal, volume number, page(s). Copyright year by name of copyright holder.
Note: Information about the image is placed directly below the image in your assignment. If the image has been changed, use "Adapted from" instead of "From" before the source information.
Example:
Figure 1. Man exercising. Adapted from "Yoga: Stretching Out," by A. N. Green, and L. O. Brown, 2006, May 8, Sports Digest, 15, p. 22. Copyright 2006 by Sports Digest Inc.
Websites
Figure x. Description of the image or image title if given. Adapted from "Title of web page," by Author/Creator's First Initial. Second Initial. Last Name if given, publication date if given, Title of Website. Retrieved Month, day, year that you last viewed the website, from url. Copyright date by Name of Copyright Holder.
Note: Information about the image is placed directly below the image in your assignment. If the image has not been changed but simply reproduced use "From" instead of "Adapted from" before the source information.
Example:
| A | B | C |
| 7 | 55 | 9 |
| -- | ~ | ~ |
| iii | == | 66 |
Figure 2. Table of symbols. Adapted from Case One Study Results by G. A. Black, 2006, Strong Online. https://www.strongonline/ casestudies/one.html. Copyright 2010 by G.L. Strong Ltd.
