APA Format

APA Format - Quick Reference Sheet

Multiple Choice

What are the Styling in APA?

• 12-point font, preferably Times New Roman, Double-spaced, 1-inch margins

• 10-point font, preferably Times New Roman, one spaced, 2-inch margins

• 12-point font, preferably Times New Roman

Title Page

Page Header – In the header, flush left, write “Running head:” and the title of your paper all in capital letters. Include the page number, flush right. Pages after this simply have the title of your paper written in caps plus the page number.

Title – In the upper half of the page, write your title in upper and lower case letters.

Author – Beneath the title, write your first name, middle initial, and last name.

Institution – Beneath the name, write the college where you conducted the research. 

Multiple Choice

What should you include in your page header?

• The title, and the date

• The title of your paper all in capital letters. Include the page number, flush right. Pages after this simply have the title of your paper written in caps plus the page number.

• Name, date, and title

• The title of your paper all in lower case letters. Include the page number, flush right. Pages after this simply have the title of your paper written in lower case, and no page number.

Abstract

An abstract is a one paragraph summary (150-250 words) of your research. Include your hypothesis, research questions, methods, results, conclusions and implications of your findings

Multiple Select

What should be included in your abstract page when doing research?

• research questions

• methods

• hypothesis

• results

• conclusions and implications

In-Text Citations

When you use an idea from an author or directly quote an author in your paper, you must acknowledge the author. Usually, the author-date-page method is used.

Multiple Choice

Is this an example of in-text citation? Ex. (Jones, 2009). or (Jones, 2009 p. 2).

• Yes

• No

Reference List

List your sources flush left. Alphabetize your sources (A-Z) by the last name. References longer than one line should be formatted with hanging indentation.

Multiple Choice

Where should the word "reference" be located

• beginning

• bottom

• center

Open Ended

Write what you have learned in this lesson. ( Write in complete sentences)