Concise Rules of APA Style (Concise Rules of the American Psychological Association (APA) Style) [Spiral-bound]

American Psychological Association (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 2009 | ISBN-10: 143380560X | ISBN-13: 978-1433805608 | Edition: 6 Spi

TheConcise Rules of APA Style, sixth edition offers essential writing and formatting standards for students, teachers, researchers, and clinicians in the social and behavioral sciences. This easy-to-use pocket guide, compiled from the sixth edition of thePublication Manual of the American Psychological Association, provides complete guidance on the rules of style that are critical for clear communication. Readers will learn how to avoid the grammatical errors most commonly reported by journal editors; how to choose the appropriate format for statistics, figures, and tables; how to credit sources and avoid charges of plagiarism; and how to construct a reference list through a wide variety of examples and sources.

In addition to guidance on grammar points that have challenged writers in the social sciences, theConcise Rulesprovides suggestions for reducing bias in language; reviews the mechanics of style for punctuation, spelling, capitalization, abbreviation, italicization, headings, and quotations; examines the preferred use of numbers as well as standards for metrication and statistics; provides guidance on the construction and formatting of tables, figures, and appendixes; and offers clear examples and models for citing sources and constructing error-free reference lists.

How does theConcise Rulesdiffer from thePublication Manual of the American Psychological Association? ThePublication Manualremains the best source for broad background information about scientific publishing. It provides detailed guidance on publication ethics, journal article reporting standards, and the process of journal publication. TheConcise Rules, by comparison, targets only those rules writers need for choosing the best words and format for their articles. It offers a comprehensive list of essential writing standards in a convenient, easily retrievable format.

Available in a light-weight, spiral-bound format, theConcise Ruleswill travel easily from home to school to office. It will be an invaluable reference tool for all social science scholars who are serious about communicating clearly and effectively.
Key to this edition is an updated and expanded APA Style website, with many additional resources to help readers learn APA style, including free tutorials, on-line courses, frequently asked questions, sample papers, and the APA Style blog.

The sixth edition ofConcise Ruleshas been revised and updated to include
• simplified APA heading style to make it more conducive to electronic publication;
• updated guidelines for reducing bias in language to reflect current practices and preferences, including a new section on presenting historical language that is inappropriate by present standards;
• new guidelines for reporting inferential statistics and a significantly revised table of statistical abbreviations;
• a new discussion on the use of online supplemental materials, including lengthy data sets and other media, to enrich the published article;
• significantly expanded content on the electronic presentation of data to help readers understand the purpose of each kind of display and choose the best match for communicating the results of the investigation, with new examples for a variety of data displays, including electrophysiological and biological data;
• an expanded discussion of electronic sources, emphasizing the role of the digital object identifier (DOI) as a reliable way to locate information; and
• a wealth of new reference examples, with a focus on new electronic formats.

New and experienced readers alike will find the sixth edition a complete resource for writing with clarity and precision.

Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 280 pages
• Publisher: Amer Psychological Assn; 6 Spi edition (July 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 143380560X
• ISBN-13: 978-1433805608
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Beware. 1st printing 'minor' typos, October 29, 2010

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Annette Knobloch (Thibodaux, LA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Concise Rules of APA Style (Concise Rules of the American Psychological Association (APA) Style) (Spiral-bound)

According to the APA website, the 1st printing of the Concise Rules has 'minor' typos. I have just gone through a tedious process, over about 3 hours, noting corrections for 'minor' typos in the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition, first printing. I ordered the Concise Rules but will return in to the sender, if it is a 1st printing. The APA web site states that the main errors are in the sample papers, in the Manual, and that the other errors are minor. There are multiple minor errors that are very tedious to deal with.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Lacking, November 5, 2010

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Robert Forney (Pacifica, Ca United States) - See all my reviews
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This book is great for someone who is familiar with APA, but if you are just learning, I would look for another book as this one can be difficult to navigate and lacks any visual examples.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Can find APA info more easily on the internet, December 30, 2010

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Megan J. Crownholm "Dahliared" (Alaska) - See all my reviews
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You are better off using univeristy-based APA style guides on the web. I own this book and have barely cracked it, as it is much easier to find the individual entry types on the web.