Stuart:
I am truly shocked by this news as I have never seen a ms
rejected because of failure to follow APA format.
I have seen papers where they have asked for resubmission
following APA rules but these were papers that were not written
by psychologists and so off the mark as to be unreadable; not a
paper that would be written by someone like Stuart.
In related news, I knew an editor (the editor...not consulting,
etc.) of a JEP journal who said to a colleague complaining about
changes in to an earlier format manual that he never paid
attention to the manual because "that is what APA copy editors
are for."
Since I am a habitual scofflaw of "only 1 space after the
period", I can support the two-spaces change in the 6th ed. And
doesn't that wee bit of extra space look nice!
Ken
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Professor
Department of Psychology http://www.psych.appstate.edu
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC 28608
USA
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Stuart McKelvie wrote:
Dear Jim and Tipsters,
Perception & Psychophysics returned a paper to me unread because it did not
follow APA format.
Sincerely,
Stuart
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Clark [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: August 24, 2009 3:26 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: Re: [tips] Running head
Hi
Has anyone ever had a manuscript rejected because of an APA style error? I haven't despite
numerous violations. I wonder if we spend too much time on "niceties" of apa style given
APA itself can't seem to get it correct, adherence does not really matter except for classwork, and
clear communication is more important than "style" issues (I do appreciate the aspects of
the APA manual that address writing clearly).
Take care
Jim
James M. Clark
Professor of Psychology
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Deb Briihl <[email protected]> 24-Aug-09 1:07:38 PM >>>
One of my coworkers contacted the APA gurus about the Running head. The
sample paper is incorrect (why is this a theme?) - the running head is to
be on each page to the left - the words "Running head" are not to be included.
Deb
Dr. Deborah S. Briihl
Dept. of Psychology and Counseling
Valdosta State University
Valdosta, GA 31698
(229) 333-5994
[email protected]
http://chiron.valdosta.edu/dbriihl/
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