APA: What Is It?

PURPOSE:  APA Citation comes from the American Psychological Association.  Their purpose in creating this style was to "establish a simple set of procedures, or style rules, that would codify the many components of scientific writing to increase the ease of reading comprehension" (APA, 2010).

 

RATIONALE:

APA Style helps to...

  • Cull articles quickly for key points and findings
  • Express the key elements of quantitative results
  • Choose the graphic form the will best suit our analyses
  • Report critical details of our research protocol
  • Describe individuals accuracy and respect

 

Who Uses APA Besides Psychologists?

  • education
  • social work
  • nursing
  • business
  • behavioral and social sciences

All information quoted from...

American Psychological Association. (2010).  Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, D.C.: Author.