APA day 2: Researching

Primary research In your survey/interview, do not simply ask participants your research question Gather other information from participants that help you answer your research question

Primary research How? Survey, interview, observation? Open-ended or close-ended questions? How many participants? Who? Why? Get consent Start getting your primary research!

Secondary research For the literature review section This is due by next, next class

Secondary research Google scholar Don’t just search questions, especially not just your research question Find RELATED studies, not studies that were exactly the same Find articles written by EXPERTS

Credible sources? Check the author most of all Expert Reputable, non-biased websites

How many sources? Find more than is required at this point You might end up not using all of them later Try to find 10

Keeping track of your secondary research Many methods Bottom line: Keep track of quotes Keep track of which source quotes are from The more you do now, the less you have to do later

My method -make reference page entry right away -keep mostly quotes -do in-text citation already

Putting quotes on research organizer Use quotation marks so that you don’t forget Use as much as you think is important from each source (1 quote per source is not enough)

In-text citations Main differences Include year Commas Put p. before page # (if page numbers) According to Jones (1998), "Students often had difficulty using APA style, especially when it was their first time" (p. 199).  Jones (1998) found "students often had difficulty using APA style" (p. 199); what implications does this have for teachers? She stated, "Students often had difficulty using APA style" (Jones, 1998, p. 199), but she did not offer an explanation as to why.

Article from a journal Journal: academic, scholarly Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Year of publication). Title of article. Title of Journal, volume number, page range. Retrieved from http://www.someaddress.com/full/url/

Page/article from website Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Year of publication). Title of article. Website name. Retrieved from http://www.someaddress.com/full/url/

Other things n.d.=no date When an electronic document has numbered paragraphs, use the abbreviation “para.” followed by the paragraph number (Hall, 2001, para. 5).