APA Checklist

Use the following list to check and edit your writing assignments PRIOR to submission:
Font is Times New Roman, 12-point, black type.
The entire paper is double-spaced, including references. No etra space between paragraphs.
!ll content, ecept centered headings, is left "ustified.
#ouble space after all punctuation at the end of a sentence.
No underlining or fancy type is used.
$rammar and punctuation are in accordance with !%! rules.
%unctuation is placed inside &uotation marks.
%unctuation is placed outside of parentheses.
'argins are 1 inch on all sides.
TITL PA!
%age numbers are inserted into upper right corner. (se the header function and automatic page
insertion.
The running head on the left.
The running head is a maimum of )* characters, including letters, punctuation and space between
words
+n the title page, the title is centered on the page but not in italics or bold. ,This is not considered a
heading and is not written in italics or bold.-
+n the title page, the page header looks like this. Running head. T/T01 +F 2+(R %!%1R
A"#TRACT
!bstract is a single paragraph double-spaced and is comprised of between 1)* and 2)* words.
!bstract is left "ustified ,not indented-.
!bstract is a concise summary of the key points of your research containing the research topic,
research &uestions, participants, methods, results, data analysis, and conclusions.
"O$% O& RPORT
!fter the title page each page should ha3e a running head that looks like this in the upper left. T/T01
+F 2+(R %!%1R. (se the header function for placement of the running head.
APA 'eadings .
o 0e3el 1 Centered( "oldface( U))ercase and Lowercase 'eadings
o 0e3el 2 Left*aligned( "oldface( U))ercase and Lowercase 'eading
o 0e3el 4 Indented( boldface( lowercase heading with a )eriod+
o 0e3el 5 Indented, boldface, italicized, lowercase heading with a period.
o 0e3el ) Indented, italicized, lowercase heading with a period.
The eceptions are the titles of !bstract and References, which are not in boldface. These are not
headings, but titles.
%aragraphs are indented *.)6
No more than 1*7 of the paper is in direct &uotes, and, if used, page numbers or paragraph will be
supplied in-tet.
/n-tet citation should include author8s last name and the year of publication ,9ones, 1::;-.
! direct &uote of greater than 5* words is formatted as a block &uotation, without &uotation marks
around it.
<hen directly &uoting from a work, you '(=T include the author>s last name, year of publication,
and the page number for the reference ,preceded by 6p.6- ,9ones, 1::;, p. 5?-.
!ll in-tet citations '(=T appear on the reference page ecept for email, inter3iews, and other
personal communications. No references are allowed which are not also found in the tet.
The conclusion of the paper draws connections among ma"or ideas. ,Note. ! conclusion is not a
summary. The conclusion makes "udgments about what is in the body of the paper@ it does not simply
restate what was in the paper.-
R&R,C PA!
The reference list is in hanging indent format on a separate page, at the end of the paper, but before
appendices.
!ll references cited in the reference list are used in the body of the paper and all citations in the body
of the paper are in the reference list ,ecept for email, inter3iews, and other personal
communications-.