Data Sets, Software, and Tests
Note: Citations with more than one line of text should have a hanging indent of 1/2 inch or 5 spaces.
Important Elements:
Data Set Template
Author, A.A. (2020). Title of data set (version 1.2) [Data set]. Publisher Name. DOI or URL
Template for Software and Mobile Apps
Author, A.A. (2020). Title of work (version 1.2) [Computer software]. Publisher. URL
Template for Test, Scales, and Invientories
Author, A.A. (2020). Title of the Test. Test Database Name. URL
Examples:
Data Set
Pew Research Center. (2018). American trends panel Wave 26 [Data set]. https://www.pewsocialtrends.org/dataset/american-trends-panel-wave-26/
Unpublished raw data
Oregon Youth Authority. (2011). Recidivism outcomes [Unpublished raw data].
Software
Borenstien, M., Hedges, L., Higgins, J., & Rothstein, H. (2014). Comprehensive meta-analysis (Version 3.3.070) [Computer software]. Biostatistics. https://meta-analysis.com/
Manual for test, scale, or inventory
Tellegen, A., & Ben-Porath, Y. S. (2011). Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF): Technical Manual. Pearson.
Test, scale, or inventory
Project Implicit. (n.d.) Gender-Science IAT. https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html
Some examples courtesy of APA Publication Manual
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