apa sample research paper "abstract, introduction, and references"

Running head: EXAMPLE GRADUATE LEVEL APA PAPER 1

Example APA 6th Edition Research Paper

Kate Cottle

Wilmington University

EXAMPLE GRADUATE LEVEL APA PAPER 2

Abstract

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augue sodales accumsan. Quisque eget sem porta, pulvinar urna et, pulvinar elit. Donec non diam

tempus quam semper bibendum at at nisl. Aenean porta id ante tempus commodo. Donec

vulputate scelerisque ornare. Aliquam tincidunt, nulla nec euismod porttitor, dui diam accumsan

risus, quis rutrum nunc est id odio. Fusce quis euismod justo. Phasellus in eros eu ante

pellentesque semper. Nulla tempus quam elementum sapien egestas, nec scelerisque diam

aliquet. Etiam at venenatis enim, id pellentesque risus. Ut at consequat eros, fringilla rhoncus

enim. Nam suscipit orci nec est gravida interdum sed sed nibh.


Contents

Abstract 2

Table of Contents……………………………………………………………………….…3

Introduction (Titled with Paper Title, not the word “Introduction”)……………………...4

Level One Heading #2 (Title Case)……………………………………………………….4

Level Two Heading #1 (Title Case)………………………………………………………4

Level three heading #1 (Sentence Case)…………………………………………………..4

Level three heading #2 (Sentence Case)…………………………………………………..5

Level Two Heading #2 (Title Case)……………………………………………………….5

Level One Heading #3 (Title Case)………………………………………………………..5



Level One Heading #4 (Title Case)………………………………………………………..6

References………………………………………………………………………………….8

Table 1……………………………………………………………………………………...9

Figure 1……………………………………………………………………………………10

Appendix…………………………………………………………………………………...11


Example APA 6th Edition Research Paper

The introduction is typically not named in favor of the title being repeated. If it was

named as the Introduction, it would be centered and bolded (a level 1 heading).




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elementum sapien egestas, nec scelerisque diam aliquet. Etiam at venenatis enim, id pellentesque

risus. Ut at consequat eros, fringilla rhoncus enim. Nam suscipit orci nec est gravida interdum

sed sed nibh.

Level One Heading #2 (Title Case)



metus sed est blandit porta.

Level Two Heading #1 (Title Case)




augue sodales accumsan.

Level three heading #1 (Sentence Case)

Quisque eget sem porta, pulvinar urna et, pulvinar elit. Donec non diam tempus quam

semper bibendum at at nisl. Aenean porta id ante tempus commodo. Donec vulputate scelerisque


ornare. Aliquam tincidunt, nulla nec euismod porttitor, dui diam accumsan risus, quis rutrum

nunc est id odio.

Level three heading #2 (Sentence Case)

Fusce quis euismod justo. Phasellus in eros eu ante pellentesque semper. Nulla tempus

quam elementum sapien egestas, nec scelerisque diam aliquet. Etiam at venenatis enim, id

pellentesque risus. Ut at consequat eros, fringilla rhoncus enim. Nam suscipit orci nec est gravida

interdum sed sed nibh.





augue sodales accumsan. Donec vulputate scelerisque ornare. Aliquam tincidunt, nulla nec

euismod porttitor, dui diam accumsan risus, quis rutrum nunc est id odio. Fusce quis euismod

justo. Phasellus in eros eu ante pellentesque semper. Nulla tempus quam elementum sapien

egestas, nec scelerisque diam aliquet. Etiam at venenatis enim, id pellentesque risus. Ut at

consequat eros, fringilla rhoncus enim. Nam suscipit orci nec est gravida interdum sed sed nibh.


Morbi fringilla turpis eget mauris condimentum, vitae pharetra orci euismod. Quisque eu

lacus tortor. Suspendisse potenti. Mauris at venenatis turpis. Cras ante lacus, convallis eu

hendrerit ac, vehicula semper quam. Donec quis tristique augue. Nunc ultricies tempus felis, ac

tincidunt dui imperdiet blandit. Curabitur sodales porttitor est et rutrum. Proin facilisis mauris in

ante ullamcorper, non facilisis augue tincidunt. Etiam faucibus non libero nec posuere. Maecenas

porttitor, lacus non aliquet varius, lectus risus posuere sem, a pulvinar nisl libero a orci.


Suspendisse odio purus, vestibulum vitae sollicitudin et, feugiat nec dolor. Duis commodo,

massa non vulputate imperdiet, lorem ligula consectetur velit, sit amet posuere mauris urna at

purus. Donec consectetur velit erat, molestie facilisis magna ultrices nec. Integer eget consectetur

nisl. Maecenas semper lacus lobortis justo vulputate posuere.



lacus tortor. Suspendisse potenti. Maecenas porttitor, lacus non aliquet varius, lectus risus

posuere sem, a pulvinar nisl libero a orci. Suspendisse odio purus, vestibulum vitae sollicitudin

et, feugiat nec dolor. Duis commodo, massa non vulputate imperdiet, lorem ligula consectetur

velit, sit amet posuere mauris urna at purus. Donec consectetur velit erat, molestie facilisis

magna ultrices nec. Integer eget consectetur nisl. Maecenas semper lacus lobortis justo vulputate

posuere.



lacus tortor. Suspendisse potenti. Maecenas porttitor, lacus non aliquet varius, lectus risus




magna ultrices nec.



lacus tortor. Suspendisse potenti. Mauris at venenatis turpis. Cras ante lacus, convallis eu

hendrerit ac, vehicula semper quam. Maecenas porttitor, lacus non aliquet varius, lectus risus





magna ultrices nec. Integer eget consectetur nisl. Maecenas semper lacus lobortis justo vulputate

posuere.


References

Baugh, A. and Cable, T. (1978). A history of the English language (3rd ed.). Englewood Cliffs,

NJ: Prentice-Hall.

Bellafante, G. (2012, October 5). Before a test, a poverty of words. New York Times. Retrieved

from http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/07/nyregion/for-poor-schoolchildren-a-poverty-

of-words.html?_r=0

Bryson, Bill. The mother tongue. New York, NY: Perennial, 1990.

Council of Writing Program Administrators, National Council of Teachers of English, &

National Writing Project. (2011). Framework for success in postsecondary writing.

Retrieved from http://wpacouncil.org/files/framework-for-success-postsecondary-

writing.pdf

Eliot, T.S. (1920). The love song of J. Alfred Prufrock. Retrieved from

http://www.bartleby.com/198/1.html

Fearns, L. & Farnan, N. (2007). When is a verb? Using functional grammar to teach writing.

Journal of Basic Writing, 26(1), 63-87.

Harris, K., Graham, S., Mason, L. Friedlander, B. (2008). Powerful writing strategies for all

students. Baltimore, MD: Brookes.

MacArthur, C. & Philippakos, Z. (2012). Writing in the modes: A self-regulated strategy

approach. Publisher: Authors.

Oakley, B., Felder, R.M., Brent, R., & Elhajj, I. (2004). Turning student groups into effective

teams. Journal of Student Centered Learning 2(1), 9-34.

Rose, M. (1989). Lives on the boundary. New York, NY: Penguin.


Table 1

Demographics of Paper Authors

Paper Label Major Age Gender

A-1 Person #1 M 54

A-2 Person #2 M 24

A-3 Person #3 F 21

A-4 Person #4 M 21

A-5 Person #5 F 24

B-1 Person #6 F 18

B-2 Person #7 F 19

B-3 Person #8 F 18

B-4 Person #9 M

B-5 Person #10 M 21

C-1 Person #11 F 21

C-2 Person #12 F 18

C-3 Person #13 F 18

C-4 Person #14 M 24

C-5 Person #15 M 26

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Figure 1

Figure 1. In a paragraph about teaching grammar, the words are rank ordered by size.

The ranking is the frequency with which the words are used in the paragraph.


Appendix

Thoughts about APA Papers

Why so many details?

Who has to use a manual?

Can most people have perfect APA without a manual?

Format and cite as one goes

The minute an author uses an outside source, she should put it in the references

If the audience ignores all of the other advice, the preceding point should be the one taken

seriously.

apa sample research paper "abstract, introduction, and references"

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