Transcript Find the Citation Error: A Quick Quiz on APA Style

Find the Citation Error:
A Quick Quiz on APA Style
UW School of
Social Work
Kevin Kawamoto
[email protected]
Room 6
(206) 221-6141
Directions
All of the following slides marked, “Catch the
Error,” break one or more APA citation rule.
See if you can find the error(s), explain the
error and then revise the citation so that it is
in conformity with APA style.
Catch the Error #1
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Hollingshead measured aggressiveness in
children before and after exposure to violent
videogames (2002, p. 15).
Revised:
Catch the Error #2
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Neither group showed any significant growth
(Wong and Tuttle 2005).
Revised:
Catch the Error #3
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Duffy & Petronius (2002, p. 23) found that
none of the subjects showed improvement.
Revised:
Catch the Error #4
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Boyle (1998, 1998, 1998) found in three
separate studies that the rats had higher
stress hormone levels after exposure.
[Assume the three studies were done in 1998 and each was published separately that year.]
Revised:
Catch the Error #5
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Parker (2003) found that there was “no
significant difference between the treatment
group and the control group.”
Revised:
Catch the Error #6
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When contacted, Habbib had no useful
explanation except that “mistakes were
made” (phone call, 2005).
Revised:
Catch the Error #7
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Bretschneider, John Garrett and McCoy,
Nancy Lewis, 1968. Sexual Interest and
Behavior in Healthy 80- 102-Year-Olds.
Archives of Sexual Behavior, Vol. 14, pp.
343-350.
Catch the Error #8
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Hashimoto, Thomas. (March 13, 2000, p.
23). Seeing Red in November. Newsweek,
vol. 199.
Catch the Error #9
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Pinkerton (originally published in 1844,
reprinted in 2001) believed that democracy
was a two-edged sword. Socrates (400 B.C.)
felt the same way.
Catch the Error #10
Most experts believed the effects would be
disastrous (NIMH 2000). For example, 8 of
those surveyed believed supplies would run
out within 24 hours. Not surprisingly, only 2
out of 15 thought survival was possible after
thirty-six hours.
(Assume NIMH is introduced here for the first
time.)
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Reference
American Psychological Association. (2001).
Publication manual of the American
Psychological Association (5th ed.).
Washington, DC: Author.