APA Writing Workshop

APA Writing Workshop: Your Papers!

Today we will spend some time doing a small group review, and then you will have time to work on your papers!

Multiple Select

Let's look at the paper format! Do you have...

• A title page

• Running header on the left and page numbers on the right

• First level headings for.. Title, Method, Results, Discussion, and References

• Second level headings for.. Participants, Materials, Procedure, Demographics, Desc, Stats, and Relationships

REFERNCES ARE TO BE IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER

Last Name, F. I. (Year). Article name. Journal Name, Issue #, Page-Page. https://doi.org/....

​References Page

1. (Last Name, Year).

   1. OR Johnson (2002) says

2. (LName & LName, Year).

   1. OR Johnson and Bobson (2003)...

3. (Last Name el al., Year).

   1. OR Johnson et al. (2004) found...

​In-Text

Let's Review Citations!

​scribbr.com is very useful!

Multiple Select

Look at your references page. Where are you at?

• I don't have one.

• I put all my sources there.

• I put all my sources and they are in alphabetical order.

Open Ended

Think about you peer review today, please identify one thing you would like to work on during the duration of this workshop:

Here are some checklists for each section..

Introduction

• Literature review paragraphs (# of papers)

• Gap paragraph

• Current Study Paragraph

• Hook paragraph

• Happiness definition paragraph

• You construct paragraph

Method

• Procedure

• Demographics -> 1 par each question w/ DU comparison

• Each scale: items #, measurement scale, citation, sample item

• Participants paragraph

• Demographic questions paragraph

• SWLS Paragraph

• PANAS Paragraph

• Your Scale Paragraph

Results

• Desc. stats for each: SWLS, PA, NA, and your construct

  • N, S, M, CI and scale of measurement

  • Shape

  • Spread/Diversity

  • CI interpretation

• Relationships: 3 in total

  • Your construct with all 3 scales

  • N, r, CI, interpretation of CI, cautions

Discussion

• Future research questions/suggestions based off the theory

• Recap of results in "normal" language

• Relation to previous findings

• Theory 1:

  • Explain

  • Weigh It

• Theory 2

• Theory 3