APA Style Simplified

Writing in APA Style Chapter 1--Writing Professionally * How does Professional Writing Differ from Other Kinds of Writing? * Using APA Style * Making a Credible Argument * Different Types of Communication * Effective Communication * Establishing Good Writing Habits * Ethical Writing Chapter 2--Elements of Style * Recognizing the importance of good grammar and style * Choosing Effective Wording * Using Inclusive and Appropriate Language * Deciding on the Use of Technical Language * Avoiding Common Problems Chapter 3--The Introduction Section * Introducing the Topic * Different Approaches to Starting the Introduction * How to Begin * Reviewing What Others Have Already Done * Reasons for Reviewing the Literature * Clarifying Terms in Research * Introducing your Research: Generating a Hypothesis Chapter 4--The Method Section * Participants and Subjects * Materials and Apparatus * Procedure * Design Chapter 5--Communicating Statistics * Why do we use statistics? * What point are you trying to make? * Understanding your numbers * Helping Readers Understand Your Statistics * Differentiating Results and Interpretations Chapter 6--The Results * Your Hypotheses * Deciding What to Present * Reporting Significant and Nonsignificant Results * APA Style and Presentation of Your Results * Creating Tables * Creating Figures * The Connection Between the Text and the Tables and Figures * The Difference Between Results and Discussion Sections * Some Final Points About Presenting Results Chapter 7--The Discussion Section * Summarizing your Results * Connecting Different Aspects of your Results * Dealing with Nonsignificant Results * Comparing your Results with Those of Others * Stating the Importance and Implications of your Results * Acknowledging the Limitations of your Study Chapter 8--References: Citations in the Text and the Reference List * Citing References in the Text * Order of Citations in the Reference List * Using Your Word Processing Program to Create the Citation Chapter 9--Final Touches: The Abstract and Formatting Details * The Abstract * Formatting Details Chapter 10--Creating Poster Presentations * Differentiating Visual and Written Communication * Reducing the Amount of Information * Visual Style * Your Behavior: The Ethic of a Poster Session * Creating Your Poster Using PowerPoint(c) Chapter 11--Giving Oral Presentations * The Difference Between Oral and Written English * Adapting APA Style to Oral Presentations * Preparing for Your Presentation * Creating Graphics for Your Presentation * Giving the Presentation Chapter 12--Presenting your Work on the Internet * Capabilities with Internet Publication * Using a Word Processor to Create Manuscripts for the Internet * Advantages of Internet Publishing Software * Publishing Your Poster on the Web * Uploading your manuscript to the Internet Appendix A--Sample Paper with Common Errors Appendix B--Corrected Sample Paper References