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Concise Rules of APA Style (Concise Rules of the American Psychological Association (APA) Style) |  | Author: American Psychological Association
Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA)
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ISBN: 143380560X
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BRAND NEW AND LATEST EDITION 6TH EDITON 2009
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The Concise 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 the Publication 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.
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 This is a supplement, not a primary resource August 31, 2006
Zoey McWilliamson (Phoenix, AZ)
38 out of 38 found this review helpful
Hopefully this statement will help those of you who are trying to decide what to buy: If you do not own a full copy of the APA Publication Manual, then do not buy this book. This book is meant to be a pocket-sized reference guide that you can carry with you. It is meant as a supplement, but it is not the primary resource -- the APA Publication Manual is the primary resource.
Now that I have gotten that out of the way, here is my review: This book may have omitted a few things that I would have preferred they left in (you won't know what you need until you need it). But by and large they did a good job of condensing a large book into a pocket guide.
As Expected September 20, 2005
Paula Gale (Rimrock, Arizona)
14 out of 15 found this review helpful
There is not much rating that can be done with a reference book such as this. It gives the APA Rules in concise fashion just like it promises. The Reference citing examples are very thorough. It gives the rules on headings as well as how things like numbers, abbreviations, quotes, and other rules of citing in text should be done. It is small and handy enough to keep near the computer. I love it and don't see any reason why anyone needs the big manual if they have this. It lists all the rules only, so if you are looking for a sample of a whole paper, you will not find it here.
Critical Information for Writing for the APA Publications April 13, 2005
John Matlock (Winnemucca, NV)
74 out of 99 found this review helpful
The first question you'd have to ask about this book is Why would the American Psychological Association have a style guide.
The answer is that the APA Style is the definitive guide to the style that the APA wants to see in their publications and this style is also used by a number of other publications that have adopted the APA Style.
Among the critical points of the APA Style is how to construct an error-free reference list crediting all sources properly and avoiding all charges of plagiarism. This has become extremely critical in today's world where any research seems subject to actively looking for any way they can discredit someone else rather than do their own work.
In addition the style book is an authoritative guide to how best to present the ideas and data that is so hard to gather. Being able to present data in a way that is understandable to the reader is perhaps the most difficult yet the most important part of writing a paper.
This book is the concise version. It is a small format book designed to be convenient, portable and yet complete.
quick reference guide November 5, 2006
online shopper (St. Louis, MO USA)
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
Easy to use format. Answers for most style questions. Much easier to use than the longer APA manual.
Great Reference March 22, 2007
H. Mckee (PITTSBURGH PA)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book is a great reference for the college student that is trying to figure out the APA Referencing Rules.
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