To assist with the transition to APA 7, I have included a few of the more common errors that I find while reviewing references and citations.
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Many doctoral students determine that their thesis or dissertation needs to use sophisticated or complex wording to appear more scholarly and impressive. However, my suggestion is to simplify your writing - not try to make is sound more complex. For research to be effective, it must be understood. To achieve this, recommend writing at a Grade 8/9 Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level.
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Many researchers do not have access to paid library databases for multiple reasons, including a traditional college without online database access or a pre-enrollment research and proposal development for grants, scholarships, and/or admissions. Regardless of the reason, students and researchers often require a free/low-cost option for research to conduct their study. Following is a list of resources that are open access and free for use.
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The APA “bible” for many doctoral-granting institutions and learners is the APA Style Manual. I recall when I first started my doctoral journey that I could not spell “APA”, but it quickly grew on me. Unfortunately, just when I got accustomed to Version 5, version 6 was released and I needed to catch-up on all the nuances and style differences,
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Originality is how unique one’s writing is. In academic circles, this is known as having your own “voice”. Originality is measured by the similarity score, between 0 and 100, with 100 meaning 100% similarity – meaning that the writing was completely copied from another source, or sources, which is not good and should be avoided.
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In this blog post, Dr. Lonny discusses the use of editing software versus hiring a professional editor for improved academic writing, grammar, and formatting (i.e. Word, APA, etc.). As a dissertation coach, I also offer high-level editing services. My secret to great editing and feedback …
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APA formatting can be very challenging as there are many (some obscure) rules to remember. I wanted to point out a couple nuances regarding APA reference formatting that you may not be aware of.
Here are some of the more common errors I see on a daily basis for my students and clients:
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