Re: [tips] APA 6: CI, no italics
I thought the rule was that if the letter/abbreviation could be confused with some other meaning then the use of italics indicated that the term was being used for its mathematical meaning. So I could have a study that used two groups: "Special Delivery" (SD) and "Ordinary Delivery" (OD). In that case, SD would not be italicized and when I saw an italicized SD then I would know I was looking at a math measure of variability. ANOVA is not likely to be confused as anything other than the stat procedure. I am with Karl on this point, CI, the confidence interval, should be italicized to distinguish it from CI, the "Contingent Instruction" group. Ken Serafin, John wrote: Heh, trying to figure out why some things are italicized and other things are not has always baffled me. The closest I've ever come to understanding it is to try to distinguish between symbols vs. abbreviations. So, for example, ANOVA is an abbreviation (and therefore not italicized); M is a symbol (and so is italicized). What is CI? Perhaps APA has decided it's an abbreviation, just as they've also apparently decided that HSD is an abbreviation rather than a symbol. What I tell my students: Please don't ever ask me to explain or justify these details of APA formatting. All I do is enforce them. John -- John Serafin Psychology Department Saint Vincent College Latrobe, PA 15650 john.sera...@email.stvincent.edu From: "Wuensch, Karl L" Reply-To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:27:28 -0400 To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" Conversation: APA 6: CI, no italics Subject: [tips] APA 6: CI, no italics I also noted that "CI" (NOT set in italic font) is now the approved symbol for "confidence interval," as in "p = .006, CI [.13, .27]." Why not italic font? I have always though of a confidence interval as a statistic. Cheers, Karl W. -Original Message- --- Kenneth M. Steele, Ph.D. steel...@appstate.edu Professor and Assistant Chairperson Department of Psychology http://www.psych.appstate.edu Appalachian State University Boone, NC 28608 USA --- --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
RE: [tips] APA 6: CI, no italics
Dear Tipsters, Trying to figure out what APA want is grim task. Trying to figure out WHY they want it is even grimmer. In the older versions of the manual I think I remember reading their reason for having a short title and a running head. The short title in the header (sic!) does not appear in the published article and was designed to allow someone to put manuscript pages back together if they were dropped on the floor. The meaningful running head on the title page ends up in the article itself to give the reader a quick understanding of the paper. That was helpful. Sincerely, Stuart _ "Floreat Labore" "Recti cultus pectora roborant" Stuart J. McKelvie, Ph.D., Phone: 819 822 9600 x 2402 Department of Psychology, Fax: 819 822 9661 Bishop's University, 2600 rue College, Sherbrooke, Québec J1M 1Z7, Canada. E-mail: stuart.mckel...@ubishops.ca (or smcke...@ubishops.ca) Bishop's University Psychology Department Web Page: http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy Floreat Labore" ___ -Original Message- From: Serafin, John [mailto:john.sera...@email.stvincent.edu] Sent: October 22, 2009 1:47 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] APA 6: CI, no italics Heh, trying to figure out why some things are italicized and other things are not has always baffled me. The closest I've ever come to understanding it is to try to distinguish between symbols vs. abbreviations. So, for example, ANOVA is an abbreviation (and therefore not italicized); M is a symbol (and so is italicized). What is CI? Perhaps APA has decided it's an abbreviation, just as they've also apparently decided that HSD is an abbreviation rather than a symbol. What I tell my students: Please don't ever ask me to explain or justify these details of APA formatting. All I do is enforce them. John -- John Serafin Psychology Department Saint Vincent College Latrobe, PA 15650 john.sera...@email.stvincent.edu From: "Wuensch, Karl L" Reply-To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:27:28 -0400 To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" Conversation: APA 6: CI, no italics Subject: [tips] APA 6: CI, no italics I also noted that "CI" (NOT set in italic font) is now the approved symbol for "confidence interval," as in "p = .006, CI [.13, .27]." Why not italic font? I have always though of a confidence interval as a statistic. Cheers, Karl W. -Original Message- From: Ken Steele [mailto:steel...@appstate.edu] Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 1:12 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] APA 6: s = estimated (from sample) population standard deviation So now we will need to teach students how to read pre-2009 vs post-2009 indexes of variability. Students are going to enjoy that wrinkle. --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
Re: [tips] APA 6: CI, no italics
Heh, trying to figure out why some things are italicized and other things are not has always baffled me. The closest I've ever come to understanding it is to try to distinguish between symbols vs. abbreviations. So, for example, ANOVA is an abbreviation (and therefore not italicized); M is a symbol (and so is italicized). What is CI? Perhaps APA has decided it's an abbreviation, just as they've also apparently decided that HSD is an abbreviation rather than a symbol. What I tell my students: Please don't ever ask me to explain or justify these details of APA formatting. All I do is enforce them. John -- John Serafin Psychology Department Saint Vincent College Latrobe, PA 15650 john.sera...@email.stvincent.edu From: "Wuensch, Karl L" Reply-To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:27:28 -0400 To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" Conversation: APA 6: CI, no italics Subject: [tips] APA 6: CI, no italics I also noted that "CI" (NOT set in italic font) is now the approved symbol for "confidence interval," as in "p = .006, CI [.13, .27]." Why not italic font? I have always though of a confidence interval as a statistic. Cheers, Karl W. -Original Message- From: Ken Steele [mailto:steel...@appstate.edu] Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 1:12 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] APA 6: s = estimated (from sample) population standard deviation So now we will need to teach students how to read pre-2009 vs post-2009 indexes of variability. Students are going to enjoy that wrinkle. --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] APA 6: CI, no italics
I also noted that "CI" (NOT set in italic font) is now the approved symbol for "confidence interval," as in "p = .006, CI [.13, .27]." Why not italic font? I have always though of a confidence interval as a statistic. Cheers, Karl W. -Original Message- From: Ken Steele [mailto:steel...@appstate.edu] Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 1:12 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] APA 6: s = estimated (from sample) population standard deviation So now we will need to teach students how to read pre-2009 vs post-2009 indexes of variability. Students are going to enjoy that wrinkle. --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
