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Binding: Spiral-boundDewey Decimal Number: 808.06615 EAN: 9781557988102 Edition: 5th ISBN: 1557988102 Label: American Psychological Association (APA) Manufacturer: American Psychological Association (APA) Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 439 Publication Date: July 15, 2001 Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA) Studio: American Psychological Association (APA) Editorial Review: Product Description: In addition to providing clear guidance on grammar, the mechanics of w riting, and APA style, the Publication Manual offers an authoritative and easy-to-use reference and citation system and comprehensive covera ge of the treatment of numbers, metrication, statistical and mathemati cal data, tables, and figures for use in writing, reports, or presenta tions. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Manually stultifying a disciplineThe Manual of the American Psychological Association has been around in successive editions for many years and continues to set the standard for the ways in which psychologists write and communicate their discipline. Publication manuals can be necessary and there is no doubt that when the APA first established the Manual there was a need, in the era of print technology with type setting and proof editing, for precise rules on tabular settings, figure descriptions etc. The problem for today is that ... Read More Rating:  - Excellent condition, excellent dealThe book was just as advertised and in excellent condition, arriving much sooner than expected. Rating: - A great writing resource!This book is proving to be a valuable resource for outlining the writing "rules of the road". I'm in the midst of writing my doctoral dissertation and the APA Manual has proved extremely useful for learning the proper way to cite references from various sources (like telephone conversations), use combinations of unusual punctuation (should the comma go inside or outside this parentheses?), and for presenting statistical output and tables. I can see it continuing to be a useful reference for writing ... Read More Rating: - APA MANUEL fifth editionThe best thing that I ever did was to purchase the APA Manuel. It has helped me with formating and the proper way to cite in text and referance in APA format. This book is much better than the Diane Hacker book on APA. Rating:  - Evil But NecessaryThis is one of the most cumbersome and difficult to navigate reference books out there, and it is notorious for being so. I highly suggest getting an APA formatting program for writing your papers using this style. I use APA PERRLA myself, and love it. You will still need to refer to the publication manual for your more rarely used reference types, etc. Unfortunately, it's a necessary evil. |
