APA Guidelines

Sixth Edition

APA Formatting

• Times New Roman• 12 pt. Font• Double Space Throughout (paragraph, Word)• Arabic Numerals• Only one-space after punctuation• One-Inch Margins on all four sides• All pages numbered

APA Sections

• Title Page• Abstract• Introduction• Method• Results• Discussion• References

Title Page (Pg. 41)

• Running head: Abbreviated Title (no more than 50 spaces)• Title (no more than 12 words)• Name• Institution

Abstract (Pg. 41)

• New page• “Abstract” centered at top (no bold)• From this point forward, the running head

does not have “Running head:”

• 250 word maximum

• No indent

Introduction (Pg. 42)

• New page

• Begin with the title centered

• Paragraphs are indented

• Longest section of the paper

Method (Pg. 44)

• Begins immediately after Introduction• “Method” centered and bold• “Participants” left justified and bold(no italics)• “Materials and Procedure” left justified and

bold (no italics)• Paragraphs indented

Results (Pg. 46)

• Begins immediately after Method

• “Results” centered and bold

• Indent paragraphs

Discussion (Pg. 47)

• Begins immediately after Results

• “Discussion” centered and bold

• Indent paragraphs

References (Pg. 49)

• New page

• “References” centered and no bold!

• All references must have a “hanging indent”