Putting the WHOLE THING Together

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Putting the WHOLE THING Together

• Title Page
• Running Head
• Title
• By line and institutional affiliation
• Abstract
• Text
• References
• Appendices
• Tables (or embed within text)
• Captions (or embed within text with figures)
• Figures (or embed within text)

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Title Page 5.15, 1.06

• Running Head
• An abbreviated title
• Flush left at top of page
• E.g. Running Head INFLUENCE OF TONAL CONTEXT
• 50 characters, counting spaces and punctuation
• Title
• Concise statement of the main topic
• ID the IV and DV or theoretical issues
• Fully explanatory standing alone
• Avoid abbreviations and words that tell the
  reader nothing
  
• APA recommends 10-12 words
• Centered, upper half of the page
• Double space if title requires two lines

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Title Page 5.15, 1.06

• Byline and Institutional Affiliation
• Authors name, usually with a middle initial
• No comma between name and suffix
• Affiliation one double space beneath name
• The University of Texas at Dallas (The in text
  as well)
  
• Page Header (5.06)
• First two or three words of title
• Page number (1 in the case of the title page)
• Used throughout the paper

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The Abstract 5.16, 1.07

• Brief comprehensive summary of the article
• On page two (2)
• Abstract centered at top
• One paragraph, without an indention
• Double spaced
• 120 words
• All numbers are expressed as Arabic numerals
  unless beginning a sentence
  
• Accurate, succinct, quickly comprehensible, and
  informative
  

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The Abstract 5.16, 1.07

• Abstract of an empirical study report
• Problem under investigation (variables)
• Participants, including relevant characteristics
• Experimental method
• Apparatus
• Test names
• Data gathering method
• Findings, with significance
• Conclusions and implications

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Text Body of the Paper

• Title of the paper centered at the top
• Double spacing used throughout
• Between lines of text
• Between paragraphs
• Between title and text, and headings and text
• Between last paragraph of one section and the
  heading of the next section
  
• Page header and page numbertop right of each
  page
  

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References Chapter 4

• New page (still with header and page number)
• References centered at top of page
• Double spaced
• Hanging indent first line of each reference is
  flush left the subsequent lines of that
  reference are indented
  
• CHAPTER FOUR
• Example on page 313

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Appendix or Appendices 5.19

• Begin each appendix on a new page
• Appendix centered at top of page if there is only
  one
  
• Appendix A ( then B, C, etc.) if more than one
• Double space, then type a centered title of the
  appendix
  
• Tables within an appendix are Table A1, etc.

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Tables 5.21, 3.74

• May be embedded in text for a student paper
• Tables in order as they appear in text
• Double spaced, regardless of length
• Begin each table on a new page
• Header and page number at top right
• Table N and title
• Center column labels over columns
• ³ 3 spaces between each column
• Repeat column heads if table goes to a second
  page
  
• Use rules (horizontal lines) to separate table
  title from headings, headings from body, etc. SEE
  pages 149-173 for examples
  

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Figures 5.22, 3.86

• May be embedded in text for a student paper
• If placed at the end of the paper
• Identify figures lightly in pencil on the back
• Write TOP on the back to indicate orientation
• Include header
• Figure captions go on a separate page
• Figure Captions centered at the top
• Figure N. Followed by the text of the caption.
• Double space if caption requires more than one
  line
  
• See page 316 for an example
• See 3.84 for more information on captions
• Examples of figures on pages 180-186

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Other Stuff

• See Chapter Five for manuscript information
• Use margins of at least 2.54 cm (one inch) for
  top, bottom, and sides
  
• Serif typeface
• Double space throughout
• Dont use justified alignment (use left
  alignment)
  
• Dont use hyphenation to break up words at the
  end of a line let a line run short instead
  
• Indent (1.27 cm or ½ inch) the first line of each
  paragraph in the text of the paper (not the
  abstract)

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