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APA stands for...
A. 
American Psychosis Associates
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American Psychological Association
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Absurdly Picky Attributes
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General Formatting: APA suggests only 1 space after a period at the end of a sentence.
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General Formatting: APA requires double spacing of lines throughout a thesis.
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When following APA, there are several options to choose from when citing within a text.
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The following statement shows correct citation through paraphrasing within the text:
In a 1989 article, Gould explores some of Darwin's most effective metaphors.
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The following statement shows correct citation within the text:
Gould (1989) attributed Darwin's success to his gift for making the appropriate metaphor.
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The following statement shows correct citation within the text:
As metaphors for the workings of nature, Darwin used the tangled bank, the tree of life, and the face of nature (Gould, 1989).
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Which is the correct way to cite short quotations within text?
Option A: Gould (1989) explains that Darwin used the metaphor of the tree of life “to express the other form of interconnectedness-genealogical rather than ecological-and to illustrate both success and failure in the history of life” (p.14).
Option B:
Darwin used the metaphor of the tree of life “to express the other form of interconnectedness-genealogical rather than ecological” (Gould, 1989, p.14).
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What punctuation mark is used to separate multiple works within the same parenthesis?
Example: Several studies (Balda, 1980; Kammil, 1988; Pepperberg & Funk, 1990) confirm the use of metaphors increases learning.
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
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Which of the following options is correct when citing multiple authors?
Option A: Wasserstein and colleagues (1994) found...
Option B: Wasserstein et al. (1994) found...
Option C: The use of metaphors was found to be helpful (Wasserstein et al., 1994)...
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B. 
C. 
D. 
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Which is the correct first citation in a text when a work has multiple authors?
Option A: Wasserstein, Zappula, Rosen, German, and Rock (1994) found. . .
Option B: The use of metaphors was found to be helpful (Wasserstein, Zappula, Rosen, German, & Rock, 1994)...
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Which is correct regarding the references included in a thesis or other academic style paper?
Option A: Only citations that appear in the text should appear on the reference page
Option B: Everything cited in the text should appear on the reference page.
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Is the following periodical correctly referenced?
Little, D. W. (200l). Leading change: Creating the future for education technology. Syllabus International, 15(5), 22-24.
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DOIs are unique strings of numbers used to identify online articles’ content and provide a persistent link to their location on the Internet.
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If you have both the URL and the DOI for a research article that you found through an online source, should you include both in the reference?
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Yes - APA says that more is better
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No - just provide the DOI