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• Cover
• Dedication Page
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Preface to the Second Edition
• Preface to the First Edition
• 1 Writing Professionally
• How Does Professional Writing Differ from Other Kinds of Writing?
• Using APA Style
• Making a Credible Argument
• Different Types of Communication
• Effective Communication
• Establishing Good Writing Habits
• Ethical Writing
• 2 Elements of Style
• Recognizing the Importance of Good Grammar and Style
• Choosing Effective Wording
• Using Inclusive and Appropriate Language
• Deciding on the Use of Technical Language
• Avoiding Common Problems
• Verb Forms
• Spelling
• Specific Word Use
• 3 The Introduction Section
• Introducing the Topic
• Different Approaches to Starting the Introduction
• How to Begin
• Reviewing What Others Have Already Done
• Reasons for Reviewing the Literature
• Clarifying Terms in the Research
• Introducing Your Research: Generating a Hypothesis
• 4 The Method Section
• Participants and Subjects
• Materials and Apparatus
• Procedure
• Design
• 5 Communicating Statistics
• Why Do We Use Statistics?
• What Point Are You Trying to Make?
• Understanding Your Numbers
• Helping Readers Understand Your Statistics
• Differentiating Results and Interpretations
• 6 The Results
• Your Hypotheses
• Deciding What to Present
• Reporting Significant and Nonsignificant Results
• Marginally Significant Effects
• APA Style and Presentation of Your Results
• Creating Tables
• Creating Figures
• The Connection between the Text and the Tables and Figures
• The Difference between Results and Discussion Sections
• Some Final Points about Presenting Results
• 7 The Discussion Section
• Summarizing Your Results
• Connecting Different Aspects of Your Results
• Dealing with Nonsignificant Results
• Comparing Your Results with Those of Others
• State the Importance and Implications of Your Results
• Acknowledging the Limitations of Your Study
• 8 References: Citations in the Text and the Reference List
• Citing References in the Text
• Order of Citations in the Reference List
• Using Your Word Processing Program to Create the Citation
• Examples of How Different Types of References Should Be Laid Out in a Reference List
• 9 Final Touches: The Abstract and Formatting Details
• The Abstract
• Formatting Details
• 10 Creating Poster Presentations
• Differentiating Visual and Written Communication
• Reducing the Amount of Information
• Visual Style
• Your Behavior: The Ethic of a Poster Session
• Creating Your Poster Using Powerpoint©
• 11 Giving Oral Presentations
• The Difference between Oral and Written English
• Adapting APA Style to Oral Presentations
• Preparing for Your Talk
• Creating Graphics for Your Presentation
• Giving the Presentation
• 12 Presenting Your Work on the Internet
• New Capabilities with Internet Publication
• Using a Word Processor to Create Manuscripts for the Internet
• Advantages of Internet Publishing Software
• Publishing Your Poster on the Web
• Uploading Your Manuscript to the Internet
• Appendix A—Example of APA-Manuscript with Common Errors
• Appendix B—Corrected APA-Style Manuscript
• References
• Name Index
• Subject Index
• End User License Agreement