Authors: American Psychological Association
ISBN-13: 9781433805615, ISBN-10: 1433805618
Format: Paperback
Publisher: American Psychological Association
Date Published: July 2009
Edition: 6th Edition
With millions of copies sold, the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association is the style manual of choice for writers, editors, students, educators, and professionals in psychology, sociology, business, economics, nursing, social work, and justice administration, and other disciplines in which effective communication with words and data is fundamental.
In addition to providing clear guidance on grammar, the mechanics of writing, and APA style, the Publication Manual offers an authoritative and easy-to-use reference and citation system and comprehensive coverage of the treatment of numbers, metrication, statistical and mathematical data, tables, and figures for use in writing, reports, or presentations.
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Reviewer:Nicholas Greco IV, MS, BCETS, CATSM(Abbott Laboratories)
Description:This is a needed update of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, which was last published in 2001.
Purpose:The purpose is to provide the latest standards in publishing and new practices in information dissemination. Mainly, this latest edition has evolved with the technological landscape and placed the continuously evolving material on the web. There is new and expanded coverage of ethical issues, manuscript parts, statistics, electronic material, and the publication process.
Audience:This is the only style manual for writers, editors, students, and educators in the behavioral and social sciences field.
Features:While this edition expands on ethical and legal standards in the field, it also provides guidance on protecting one's intellectual property rights. How to write and prepare a manuscript, organize your work, reduce various biases, ensure standard grammar, display results, and credit sources are discussed in detail. Professors will appreciate the chapter on reference examples as this is an area in which students often need direction.
Assessment:As the definitive source of APA style, this is a must have for everyone in the social and behavioral sciences field.
List of Tables, Table Examples, Figures, and Figure Examples | ||
Preface | ||
Introduction | ||
1 | Content and Organization of a Manuscript | 3 |
Quality of Content | 4 | |
Characteristics of Articles | 6 | |
Parts of a Manuscript | 10 | |
Quality of Presentation | 29 | |
2 | Expressing Ideas and Reducing Bias in Language | 31 |
Writing Style | 31 | |
Grammar | 40 | |
Guidelines to Reduce Bias in Language | 61 | |
3 | APA Editorial Style | 77 |
Punctuation | 78 | |
Spelling | 89 | |
Capitalization | 94 | |
Italics | 100 | |
Abbreviations | 103 | |
Headings and Series | 111 | |
Quotations | 117 | |
Numbers | 122 | |
Metrication | 130 | |
Statistical and Mathematical Copy | 136 | |
Tables | 147 | |
Figures | 176 | |
Footnotes and Notes | 202 | |
Appendixes | 205 | |
Reference Citations in Text | 207 | |
4 | Reference List | 215 |
5 | Manuscript Preparation and Sample Papers to be Submitted for Publication | 283 |
The Author's Responsibilities | 284 | |
General Instructions for Preparing the Paper Manuscript | 284 | |
Instructions for Typing the Parts of a Manuscript | 296 | |
Sample Paper and Outlines | 305 | |
6 | Material Other Than Journal Articles | 321 |
Theses, Dissertations, and Student Papers | 321 | |
Converting the Dissertation Into a Journal Article | 326 | |
Material for Oral Presentation | 329 | |
Material Published in Abbreviated Form | 330 | |
7 | Manuscript Acceptance and Production | 331 |
Transmitting the Accepted Manuscript for Production | 332 | |
Reviewing the Copyedited Manuscript | 335 | |
Proofreading | 336 | |
After the Article is Published | 342 | |
8 | Journals Program of the American Psychological Association | 345 |
Policies Governing the Journals | 345 | |
Editorial Management of Manuscripts | 357 | |
9 | Bibliography | 363 |
App. A | Checklist for Manuscript Submission | 379 |
App. B | Checklist for Transmitting Accepted Manuscripts for Electronic Production | 385 |
App. C | Ethical Standards for the Reporting and Publishing of Scientific Information | 387 |
App. D | References to Legal Materials | 397 |
App. E: Sample Cover Letter | 411 | |
Index | 413 |