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APA Style

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Tip 6 in our teaching on-the-go series covers two topics: #APAStyle heading levels and the benefits of citing personal communications sources.

🔗 apastyle.apa.org/blog/6-teach...

#TeachingAPAStyle #APA7 #APAheadings #APAformat

November 2, 2025 at 6:18 PM Everybody can reply

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APA Style

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Are you at the Academic Nursing Leadership Conference in Washington, DC? Stop by Booth 607 on Sunday to say hello and chat about all things #APAStyle!

🔹 The exhibit hall is open 7:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, November 2nd

We hope to see you there!

#AACNconvenes #AACNfall25 #AACN

November 1, 2025 at 7:04 PM Everybody can reply

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APA Style

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Teachers, how well do you know #APA7 APA Style?

In this video, #APAStyle experts discuss which outdated guidelines (zombie guidelines) & APA Style myths (ghost guidelines) to watch out for! 🎃

🔗 youtu.be/ykEkkK7mlLQ?...

#Halloween #AcWri #TeachingAPAStyle

APA Style Papers: Seventh Edition Refresher for Instructors

YouTube video by APA Style, Official

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October 31, 2025 at 11:54 AM Everybody can reply

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APA Style

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Students: Are you writing a paper using #APAStyle this semester? Don't miss our webinar today to level up your writing game!

🔹 Today! Thursday, October 23, at 2:00 p.m. ET
🔗 Free registration: apa-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

#AcWri #EduSky #AcademicSky #APA7

The introductory slide for our webinar (Leveling Up With APA Style: Preparing Students for Writing Success in 4-Year Programs) features the title and images in the 8-bit style of a classic arcade game.
Chelsea Lee, Jasmine Bridges, and Samantha Denneny
American Psychological Association
October 23, 2025

October 23, 2025 at 2:18 PM Everybody can reply

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APA Style

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Please join us for this webinar on reporting research using APA Style Journal Article Reporting Standards (JARS).

🔹 Monday, November 3rd, at 3:00 p.m. ET
🔗 events.zoom.us/ev/AmJhcFxhn...

#APA7 #APAStyle #APAStyleJARS #ResearchMethods #psysky

October 20, 2025 at 7:47 PM Everybody can reply

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APA Style

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More #APAStyle spelling guidelines:
🔹 data set (two words)
🔹 data (plural)

Example: "The data are available... The data indicate..."

🔹 datum (singular)
🔹 appendix (singular)
🔹 appendices (plural)

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October 16, 2025 at 3:20 PM Everybody can reply

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APA Style

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This handout with the six steps to proper citation is available free—along with many other handouts, guides, and checklists—on the #APAStyle site:

🔗 apastyle.apa.org/instructiona...

#APA7 #APAformat #AcademicWriting #CiteYourSources #AuthorDate

APA Style (7th ed.)
Six Steps to Proper Citation
1. READ the work you want to cite.
2. Identify an IDEA you want to put in your paper.
3. Write a SENTENCE about that idea.
4. Write a REFERENCE LIST ENTRY for the work.
5. Add in the corresponding IN-TEXT CITATION.
6. REPEAT as needed for more works and ideas.

October 14, 2025 at 9:24 PM Everybody can reply

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APA Style

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Additional examples are also available on our website:
🔗 Artwork references: apastyle.apa.org/style-gramma...
🔗 Other audiovisual media references: apastyle.apa.org/style-gramma...

#CiteYourSources #CitingArtwork #CitingMusic #APA7 #APAStyle #AuthorDate (4/4)

October 9, 2025 at 4:40 PM Everybody can reply

APA Style

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If you're writing about art and music, those types of work can be cited. The formats for audiovisual media references follow the #APAStyle author–date–title–source pattern.

#CiteYourSources #CitingArtwork #CitingMusic #APA7 #AuthorDate (1/4)

October 9, 2025 at 4:40 PM Everybody can reply

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Jonathan Leggo

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@apastyle please add to the next edition

October 5, 2025 at 3:04 AM Everybody can reply

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W. Joel Schneider

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Recreating each of the tables in Chapter 7 of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th Edition) in R with apa7 (Part 24 of 24)

Featuring hanging indents

#rstats #apastyle

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APA-formatted table with quotes from a qualitative study

October 4, 2025 at 11:01 AM Everybody can reply

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W. Joel Schneider

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Recreating each of the tables in Chapter 7 of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th Edition) in R with apa7 (Part 23 of 24)

Featuring hanging indents and vertical merging

#rstats #apastyle

wjschne.github.io/posts/apatab...

APA-formatted table with descriptive statistics and sample quotes

October 3, 2025 at 11:02 AM Everybody can reply

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W. Joel Schneider

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Recreating each of the tables in Chapter 7 of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th Edition) in R with apa7 (Part 22 of 24)

Featuring hanging indents

#rstats #apastyle

wjschne.github.io/posts/apatab...

APA-formatted table showing narratives from a qualitative study

October 2, 2025 at 11:02 AM Everybody can reply

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APA Style

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Have you used APA Style Journal Article Reporting Standards (JARS)? This post on our LinkedIn page outlines the purpose of JARS and who should use them:
www.linkedin.com/posts/apa-st...

#APAStyleJARS #APA7 #APAStyle #ResearchMethods

✂️ What's the purpose of the journal article reporting standards? | APA Style

APA Style Journal Article Reporting Standards (APA Style JARS) are guidelines for reporting results of quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods research. As outlined in this short clip from an #...

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October 1, 2025 at 2:21 PM Everybody can reply

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W. Joel Schneider

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Recreating each of the tables in Chapter 7 of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th Edition) in R with apa7 (Part 21 of 24)

Featuring thin spaces for footnote superscripts and `add_star_column`

#rstats #apastyle

wjschne.github.io/posts/apatab...

APA-formatted table of confirmatory factor analysis performance statistics

October 1, 2025 at 11:03 AM Everybody can reply

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APA Style

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In our webinar with @ala-booklist.bsky.social, we'll discuss APA Style Manual, updates to #APAStyle guidance on citing AI, and how to support #AcademicWriting in a world with AI and misinformation.

🗓️ October 1, 2025 at 2:00 p.m.
🔗 free registration: bit.ly/4ptaw2G

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Addressing Research and Writing Challenges With the APA Style Manual. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

In this webinar, APA Style experts will discuss how librarians can use APA Style to tackle some of the challenges in supporting students with research and writing in the current social and technologic...

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September 30, 2025 at 7:31 PM Everybody can reply

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W. Joel Schneider

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Recreating each of the tables in Chapter 7 of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th Edition) in R with apa7 (Part 20 of 24)

Presenting multilevel models

#rstats #apastyle

wjschne.github.io/posts/apatab...

An APA-formatted table with results from a multilevel model analysis

September 30, 2025 at 11:01 AM Everybody can reply

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APA Style

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#APAStyle references include four elements:
🔹 author
🔹 date
🔹 title
🔹 source

🔗 Learn more in this short clip: www.youtube.com/clip/Ugkxt9t...

#APAreferences #APA7 #APAformat #APAguide

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September 29, 2025 at 2:44 PM Everybody can reply

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W. Joel Schneider

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Recreating each of the tables in Chapter 7 of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th Edition) in R with apa7 (Part 19 of 24)

Presenting a sequence of regression models

#rstats #apastyle

wjschne.github.io/posts/apatab...

APA-formatted table with model performance statistics

September 29, 2025 at 11:01 AM Everybody can reply

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W. Joel Schneider

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Recreating each of the tables in Chapter 7 of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th Edition) in R with apa7 (Part 18 of 24)

Featuring hierarchical regression analyses

#rstats #apastyle

wjschne.github.io/posts/apatab...

APA-formatted table displaying hierarchical regression analyses

September 28, 2025 at 11:00 AM Everybody can reply

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W. Joel Schneider

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Recreating each of the tables in Chapter 7 of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th Edition) in R with apa7 (Part 17 of 24)

Featuring footnotes and intentionally inconsistent rounding

#rstats #apastyle

wjschne.github.io/posts/apatab...

APA-formatted table showing multilevel modeling results

September 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM Everybody can reply

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APA Style

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Students: If you're considering whether to adapt your dissertation or thesis into a manuscript for submission to a journal, don't miss this #APAStyle page:

🔗 apastyle.apa.org/style-gramma...

#AcWri #PHDSky #ScholComms #SciComm

September 26, 2025 at 9:22 PM Everybody can reply

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W. Joel Schneider

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Recreating each of the tables in Chapter 7 of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th Edition) in R with apa7 (Part 16 of 24)

Featuring two levels of grouping with `flextable::as_grouped_data`

#rstats #apastyle

wjschne.github.io/posts/apatab...

APA-formatted table of regression analyses

September 26, 2025 at 11:01 AM Everybody can reply

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APA Style

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Teachers: This week’s blog post in our On the Go series (Tip 3) is about helping students format their first APA Style paper for your class.

🔗 apastyle.apa.org/blog/3-teach...

❓ What are the most common questions you hear about #APAStyle paper formatting?

#TeachingAPAStyle #AcademicWriting

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September 25, 2025 at 10:28 PM Everybody can reply

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W. Joel Schneider

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Recreating each of the tables in Chapter 7 of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th Edition) in R with apa7 (Part 15 of 24)

Featuring automatic formatting of regression analyses

#rstats #apastyle

wjschne.github.io/posts/apatab...

APA-formatted table of a regression analysis

September 25, 2025 at 11:02 AM Everybody can reply

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