Thanks to everyone who offered suggestions on APA style. Carol wrote: How about something like, "analysis of the data revealed..." or "examination of the data (results, etc.)...?"
Hah! But then isn't the "analysis" something inanimate? So how can it "reveal" something? I feel trapped by this type of thinking. But thanks to those who offered ideas on this. As far as first person, yes, that is an option. But for a single author paper, and this is something I come across in teaching APA style to single-author student papers, it just sounds wrong to me. Maybe it's all those years of avoiding first person like the plague under the old guidelines. And it still gets caught in the trap: Our analysis revealed.... Sigh. Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. Professor, Psychological Sciences University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> ________________________________ From: Carol DeVolder [[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2011 8:58 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Writing in APA style Hi Annette, How about something like, "analysis of the data revealed..." or "examination of the data (results, etc.)...?" Carol On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 10:53 AM, Annette Taylor <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I'm grappling with how to phrase some things in results sections especially. Because data are an inanimate thing they can't really "show" or "demonstrate" anything. Nor can a study do anything such as "observe" or "define" so what kind of language do you all use. Is there some boilerplate that works. I have a revision to an APA journal that asked me to fix these things...and I'm struggling with the data especially. Lengthy rewriting of "the study..." Finally fixed some of those problems. It came at a huge cost to precision and concise writing. Annette Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=177920.a45340211ac7929163a0216244443341&n=T&l=tips&o=9499 or send a blank email to leave-<mailto:leave-9499-177920.a45340211ac7929163a0216244443...@fsulist.frostburg.edu>9499-177920<tel:9499-177920>[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> -- Carol DeVolder, Ph.D. Professor and Chair, Department of Psychology St. Ambrose University 518 West Locust Street Davenport, Iowa 52803 563-333-6482 This e-mail might be confidential, so please don't share it. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13534.4204dc3a11678c6b1d0be57cfe0a21b0&n=T&l=tips&o=9500 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-9500-13534.4204dc3a11678c6b1d0be57cfe0a2...@fsulist.frostburg.edu<mailto:leave-9500-13534.4204dc3a11678c6b1d0be57cfe0a2...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=9527 or send a blank email to leave-9527-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
