Question

What is APA and describe why APA format is used?

Identify who uses APA and tits signifiance?

Answer 1

APA stands for American Psychological Association. It dictates the format and style of papers published in the sciences. It is important because it promotes consistency within a discipline.

It is commonly used to cite sources in psychology, education, and the social sciences and it is important

• it encourages direct exposition of research and emphasizes originality of ideas.
• It enables use of commonly accepted abbreviations, such as those for measurements to save space and avoid repetitive text.
• it gives adequate credit to others for prior work and allows the reader to easily track your references
• it provides Overall Uniformity in literature.