Writing in APA Style

Chapter 1--Writing Professionally
* How does Professional Writing Differ from Other Kinds of Writing?
* Using APA Style
* Making a Credible Argument
* Different Types of Communication
* Effective Communication
* Establishing Good Writing Habits
* Ethical Writing

Chapter 2--Elements of Style
* Recognizing the importance of good grammar and style
* Choosing Effective Wording
* Using Inclusive and Appropriate Language
* Deciding on the Use of Technical Language
* Avoiding Common Problems

Chapter 3--The Introduction Section
* Introducing the Topic
* Different Approaches to Starting the Introduction
* How to Begin
* Reviewing What Others Have Already Done
* Reasons for Reviewing the Literature
* Clarifying Terms in Research
* Introducing your Research: Generating a Hypothesis

Chapter 4--The Method Section
* Participants and Subjects
* Materials and Apparatus
* Procedure
* Design

Chapter 5--Communicating Statistics
* Why do we use statistics?
* What point are you trying to make?
* Understanding your numbers
* Helping Readers Understand Your Statistics
* Differentiating Results and Interpretations

Chapter 6--The Results
* Your Hypotheses
* Deciding What to Present
* Reporting Significant and Nonsignificant Results
* APA Style and Presentation of Your Results
* Creating Tables
* Creating Figures
* The Connection Between the Text and the Tables and Figures
* The Difference Between Results and Discussion Sections
* Some Final Points About Presenting Results

Chapter 7--The Discussion Section
* Summarizing your Results
* Connecting Different Aspects of your Results
* Dealing with Nonsignificant Results
* Comparing your Results with Those of Others
* Stating the Importance and Implications of your Results
* Acknowledging the Limitations of your Study

Chapter 8--References: Citations in the Text and the Reference List
* Citing References in the Text
* Order of Citations in the Reference List
* Using Your Word Processing Program to Create the Citation

Chapter 9--Final Touches: The Abstract and Formatting Details
* The Abstract
* Formatting Details

Chapter 10--Creating Poster Presentations
* Differentiating Visual and Written Communication
* Reducing the Amount of Information
* Visual Style
* Your Behavior: The Ethic of a Poster Session
* Creating Your Poster Using PowerPoint(c)

Chapter 11--Giving Oral Presentations
* The Difference Between Oral and Written English
* Adapting APA Style to Oral Presentations
* Preparing for Your Presentation
* Creating Graphics for Your Presentation
* Giving the Presentation

Chapter 12--Presenting your Work on the Internet
* Capabilities with Internet Publication
* Using a Word Processor to Create Manuscripts for the Internet
* Advantages of Internet Publishing Software
* Publishing Your Poster on the Web
* Uploading your manuscript to the Internet

Appendix A--Sample Paper with Common Errors

Appendix B--Corrected Sample Paper

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