1. Is it people's understanding that authors MUST abbreviate units of
time and distance (e.g., "min" and "ft") or that it is optional? A
student pointed out that the APA manual said that abbreviations
should be used sparingly, but that if used, they should be consistent
throughout. However, in the section that gives examples of
abbreviating units, it makes it sound like abbreviating these units
is required. Perhaps the manual is talking about other, non-standard
abbreviations?
2. It also says in the APA manual that ALL numbers in the abstract
should be written as numerals. Does this include numbers at the
beginning of a sentence (e.g., "119 participants were..."). I guess
that is the definition of "all" :-), but it looks so awkward to me.
Thanks!
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