APA 7 Table Formatting Quiz

When should tables and figures be used?

• A. in quantitative papers

• B. in qualitative papers

• C. when they have explanatory power and when it would be too complex to include in text

• A, B, C

Tables and figures should be placed immediately after the paragraph first cited (unless in an appendix)

• Yes

• No

What are the basic components of a prototypical table?

• table number

  title

  headings

  body

• table number

  title

  headings

  body

  notes

When referring to a table in the text, you direct the reader to the table by referring to:

• the appropriate page number

  Ex: as shown in the table on page 10

• the table title

  Ex: as shown in the table titled Word Table Example

• the table number

  Ex: as shown in Table 2

The table number:

• Can include suffix letters to show relationships between tables

  e.g., Table 1a, Table 1b

• Should be in the same font as the rest of the text but should be italicized 

• Should not include suffix letters. Instead, number all tables with Arabic numerals in the order they are first mentioned in the text

  e.g., : Table 1, Table 2

Within a table, the line-spacing should be:

• double-spaced

• single-spaced

• either single- or double-spaced, depending on what makes the text most readable

How should a table be labeled?

• just titles in italics

• just numbers in italics

• sequential numbers and a title above the table

The table title, which appears above the table, should be:

• In sentence case but no italics

  e.g., descriptive statistics and correlations for study variables

• In title case and italicized

  e.g., Descriptive Statistics and Correlations for Study Variables

• In title case but no italics

  e.g., Descriptive Statistics and Correlations for Study Variables

What information can appear in the table note, which appears beneath the table?

• a general note, which explains the table and any abbreviations or symbols

• a probability note, which explains how abbreviations and symbols have been used to "indicate p values and thus the results of tests of statistical hypothesis testing" (American Psychological Association, 2010, p. 139)

• a specific note, which explains a particular section of the table.

• a general note

  a probability note

  a specific note

Which of the following points is inconsistent with APA tables?

• double spacing

• abbreviations explained

• vertical lines