Question

13. Which of the following describes the primary purpose of most graphical displays in scientific publishing?
A. storage
B. decoration
C. calculation
D. communication

14. Which of the following is a good table title in APA Style?
A. Psychometric Properties of the Major Study Variables
B. Psychometric Properties of the Dispositional, Social Support,
Social Conflict, and Postabortion Variables
C. Psychometric Properties

15. A figure caption serves as an explanation of the figure and as a figure title. It should be placed
A. within the figure
B. above the figure
C. below the figure
D. on a separate page at the end of the manuscript

16. Choose the correct format for citing two or more works together in text.
A. (Kingdon, Tyrer, Seivewright, Ferguson, & Murphy, 1996;
Jacobson & Hollon, 1996)
B. (Knight, Virdin, Ocampo, & Roosa, 1994; Roberts & Sobhan,1992; Roberts & Chen, 1995)
C. (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2001; see also Adams, 2008; Marshall, 2005)
D. (Crockett, Randall, Shen, Russell, & Driscoll, 2005; Kleinman, 2010, 1995; Good, DelVecchio, & Moradi, 1982; Ware & Kleinman, 1992).

17. Choose the correct statement about citing private letters, memos, and some electronic communications (e.g., e-mail messages from nonarchived discussion groups of electronic bulletin boards) in APA Style.
A. Cite them in text and include them in the reference list.
B. Cite them in text only.
C. Cite them in text, including month, day, and year, and do not   
include them in the reference list.
D. Cite only the year in text and do not include them in the
reference list.

Answer 1

13. The primary purpose of most graphical displays in scientific publishing is communication. It is used to explain the findings in a more detailed way .

14. The following is a good table title in APA Style : psychometric properties of the major study variables

15. The correct option is C. Below the figure. A caption is a numbered label like Figure 1,that you can add to a figure , a table , an equation or another object .

16. The correct option is B . The correct format for citing two or more work together in text is :-

- include all names in the first in text parathentical citation separated by commas and then an ampersand .

- for all subsequent in text parathentical citation , include only the first author followed by "et al " and publication year if it the first citation in a paragraph.