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Sample Paper 1
Running head: SAMPLE APA STYLE PAPER
Publication Style of the
American Psycholoical Association:
A Demonstration Paper
Your Name Here
Name of Institution
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Abstract
Do not indent the first line of the abstract! This is a
summary of the paper which must not exceed 120 words. All
numbers may be typed as digits.
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Sample Paper 3
Publication Style of the
American Psychological Association:
A Demonstration Paper
The text of the paper begins on a new page. This is
the introduction, in which the background is laid for the
study. It can be quite lengthy if a complex theory must be
explicated in order to make sense of the study. The argument
developed in this section must be of excellent quality since
the remainder of the paper rests upon understanding the
logic presented here.
Sample Reference Formats
Sometimes evidence from a published work will be
discussed and the work will be cited within parentheses at
the end of the sentence (Miller, 1956). Please note that
when citing multiple-author works within parentheses an
ampersand must be used (Alba & Hasher, 1983). If multiple-
author publications are cited outside parentheses, the word
"and" must be spelled out in full, as in Alba and Hasher
(1983). For works with three, four, or five authors, all
authors' names must be given in the first citation, as in
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Smith, Adams, and Schorr (1978). In the second citation,
only the first author's name is given, followed by "et al."
(Smith et al., 1978).
Direct Quotation Examples
According to Miller (1956), "the measurements of memory
span . . . are suggestive [regarding the amount of information
that a person can remember], but not definitive" (pp. 91-92).
The job of a teacher is "to provide appropriate experiential
evidence and make the cultural tools and conventions of the
science community available to students" (Driver, Asoko,
Leach, Mortimer, & Scott, as cited in Hewson, Beeth, &
Thorley, 1998, p. 202).
Method
Participants
Margins should all be one inch wide. All lines must be
double-spaced. Indent the first line of all paragraphs
except for the abstract, block quotes, titles and headings,
subheadings, table titles, notes, and figure captions.
Materials
Use a 12-point font. A serif font (such as Times New
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Roman) is preferred for text, but lettering on figures
should be in a sans serif font (such as Arial). Mono-spaced
fonts are also acceptable.
Design
The numbers zero through nine are spelled out (except
when it is a table or figure number, or a metric measurement,
etc.). The numbers 10 and above are written as numerals.
Procedure
Single-space after commas, colons, semicolons, sentence
terminators (i.e., periods, question marks, and exclamation
marks), and periods separating parts of a reference citation
and initials in people's names. Exception: Do not space after
internal periods in abbreviations (e.g., a.m., i.e., U.S.) or
around colons in ratios.
Results
If you include a table to summarize the results of your
study, refer to it in the body of your text (see Table 1).
When formatting a table, type the table number and then (on
the next double-spaced line) type the table title flush left
and italicized. Note that there are no periods used after
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the table number or title.
When using columns with decimal numbers in a table,
make the decimal points line up. Note that APA-style tables
do not contain any vertical lines.
Figures must also be referred to within the body of the
text (see Figure 1).
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References
Alba, J. W., & Hasher, L. (1983). Is memory schematic?
Psychological Review, 93, 203-231.
Hewson, P. W., Beeth, M. E., & Thorley, N. R. (1998).
Teaching for conceptual change. In B. J. Fraser & K. G.
Tobin (Eds.), International handbook of science
education (pp. 199-218). London: Kluwer Academic
Publishers.
Miller, G. A. (1956). The magical number seven, plus or minus
two: Some limits on our capacity for processing
information. Psychological Review, 63, 81-97.
Smith, E. E., Adams, N., & Schorr, D. (1978). Fact retrieval and
the paradox of interference. Cognitive Psychology, 10,
438-464.
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Sample Paper 8
Appendix
Order of Elements in an APA Standard Paper
Title page, numbered page 1
Abstract, numbered page 2
Text (start new page, numbered page 3)
References (start new page)
Appendices (start each on a new page)
Author note (start new page)
Footnotes (start new page)
Tables (start each on a new page)
Figure captions (start new page)
Figures (start each on a new page)
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Table 1
Mean Alpha Power Scores as a Function of Type of
Processor and Passage
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Passage
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Type of processor Exposition Poetry
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Reading alpha data
Analytic 0.93 1.76
Holistic 3.96 1.98
Recall alpha data
Analytic 0.71 1.93
Holistic 2.64 0.82
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Figure Caption
Figure 1. Mean proportional recall as a function of
passage and level of subordination.
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