APA Manual Chapters 3-8

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  • 1. 
    Edit the following for capitalization: When the hermit crabs listened to classical music, they were significantly more likely to retreat back into their shells than when they listened to rock-and-roll music. However, there was no music x shell interaction effect.
    • A. 

      Leave as is.

    • B. 

      The interaction term music x shell should be Music x Shell.

    • C. 

      Statistical terms such as significantly should be capitalized.

    • D. 

      Interaction effect should be Interaction Effect.

  • 2. 
    Names of conditions or groups in an experiment should
    • A. 

      Be capitalized.

    • B. 

      Not be capitalized.

    • C. 

      Not be capitalized unless followed by numerals or letters.

    • D. 

      Be designated by a letter.

  • 3. 
    Use italics for
    • A. 

      Trigonometric terms.

    • B. 

      Introduction of key terms and labels.

    • C. 

      Greek letters.

    • D. 

      All of the above.

  • 4. 
    According to the APA style rules regarding italics,
    • A. 

      Only Greek letters used as statistical symbols are italicized.

    • B. 

      All letters used as statistical symbols except Greek letters should be italicized.

    • C. 

      Letters used as statistical symbols are never italicized in print.

    • D. 

      A and c of the above are correct.

  • 5. 
    Numerals should be used at all times for
    • A. 

      Numbers in the abstract of a paper or in a graphical display within a paper.

    • B. 

      Ratios, arithmetical manipulations, and series of four or more numbers.

    • C. 

      Fractional or decimal quantities, scores and points on a scale,and units of measurement of time.

    • D. 

      All of the above.

  • 6. 
    Edit the following for the expression of numbers: It would be wrong to estimate absentees for the week by taking the number of absentees on Monday and multiplying by 5.
    • A. 

      Leave as is.

    • B. 

      It would be wrong to estimate absentees for the week by taking thenumber of absentees on Monday and multiplying by five.

    • C. 

      It would be wrong to estimate absentees for the week by taking thenumber of absentees on Monday and multiplying by five (5).

  • 7. 
    Edit the following for the expression of numbers: The authors identified 7 different groups of personality theories.
    • A. 

      Leave as is.

    • B. 

      The authors identified seven different groups of personality theories.

    • C. 

      The authors identified seven (7) different groups of personality theories.

  • 8. 
    Edit the following for the expression of numbers: Large financial responsibility was defined as responsibility for an annual budget in excess of five million dollars.
    • A. 

      Leave as is.

    • B. 

      Large financial responsibility was defined as responsibility for an annualbudget in excess of $5 × 106.

    • C. 

      Large financial responsibility was defined as responsibility for an annualbudget in excess of $5,000,000.

    • D. 

      Large financial responsibility was defined as responsibility for an annualbudget in excess of $5 million.

  • 9. 
    Edit the following for the expression of ordinal numbers: The students were all in their second year of graduate school.
    • A. 

      Leave as is.

    • B. 

      The students were all in their second (2nd) year of graduate school.

    • C. 

      The students were all in their 2nd year of graduate school.

  • 10. 
    When using numbers less than one,
    • A. 

      A zero is always used before the decimal point (0.05).

    • B. 

      A zero is never used before the decimal point (.05).

    • C. 

      The author should check with the editor of each specific journal, as this is a highlycontroversial topic.

    • D. 

      A zero is used before the decimal point (0.05) except when thenumber cannot be greater than 1 (e.g., correlations, proportions,and levels of statistical significance; r (24) = -.43, p = .028).

  • 11. 
    Edit the following for the expression of numbers: Days I and IV were baseline days, and Days II and III were treatment days.
    • A. 

      Leave as is.

    • B. 

      Days One and Four were baseline days, and Days Two and Three weretreatment days.

    • C. 

      Days 1 and 4 were baseline days, and Days 2 and 3 were treatment days.

    • D. 

      Days I and Four were baseline days, and Days II and III were treatment days.

  • 12. 
    Which example is the correct way to use commas and spacing when presenting statistics in text?
    • A. 

      F,(24, 1000)

    • B. 

      F(24, 1,000)

    • C. 

      F(24, 1000)

    • D. 

      F(24 1,000)

  • 13. 
    Edit Table 17 for errors in tabular presentation and notes to a table:
    • A. 

      The mean values are rounded off too much.

    • B. 

      There is not enough spacing between columns.

    • C. 

      The footnotes are in the wrong sequence.

    • D. 

      Roman numerals should be used to number a table.

    • E. 

      There are no errors in Table 17.

  • 14. 
    Before constructing a table, you should consider that
    • A. 

      Different indices should be segregated into different parts or lines of tables.

    • B. 

      Tables with surplus elements are less effective than lean tables.

    • C. 

      Data from a 2 × 2 design should be put in a table rather than in the text.

    • D. 

      Adding space between columns or rows can make a table easier to read.

    • E. 

      All of the above except c.

  • 15. 
    When more than one level of significance is reported in a table,
    • A. 

      Each level is represented by a single asterisk.

    • B. 

      Assign the same number of asterisks from table to table within your paper.

    • C. 

      Report the exact probabilities to two to three decimal places.

    • D. 

      B and c.

  • 16. 
    From the following examples, select the correct way to refer to a figure in text;
    • A. 

      See the figure above

    • B. 

      See the figure on page 14

    • C. 

      See Figure 2

    • D. 

      See Figure 2 above on page 14

  • 17. 
    Tables, including titles and headings, should be
    • A. 

      Triple-spaced.

    • B. 

      Double-spaced.

    • C. 

      Single-spaced.

    • D. 

      B or c.

  • 18. 
    Where should figures be placed in a submitted manuscript?
    • A. 

      At the end

    • B. 

      At the beginning

    • C. 

      In an appropriate place in text

    • D. 

      None of the above is correct.

  • 19. 
    The abstract should
    • A. 

      Appear on the same page above the title and introduction.

    • B. 

      Be single-spaced and set with larger margins.

    • C. 

      Begin on page 2.

    • D. 

      Be no longer than 3% of the text.

  • 20. 
    Figures can be used to
    • A. 

      Illustrate complex theoretical formulations.

    • B. 

      Show sampling and flow of subjects through a randomized clinical trial or otherexperiment.

    • C. 

      Illustrate empirical results from a complex multivariate model.

    • D. 

      All of the above.

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