Since this is a change, you wouldn't have ever seen it done. The 6th edition will not be adopted in journals until 2010. I would totally ignore the sample paper as a guideline since there are so many things that can't be included in a sample. This is a change that I think makes sense from the perspective of a teacher, reviewer, editor or reader. Presumably, the writer has the page information if they are paraphrasing from an original source so why leave the reader guessing as to what you are referring to if the reader takes the trouble to locate the original source. I think whether or not you cite the page would depend on the extent to which you cite a source. If you are basically paraphrasing information from one page of a larger source, it makes sense to give direction to readers to find the exact area you are paraphrasing (especially a teacher wanting to check that the paraphrasing is appropriate). However, if you are giving an overview of the major arguments of a book or something like that, I don't think it would be helpful. I also think it would probably be unnecessary if you are just citing the results of the previous research since that can easily be located in the Results section. I think it would be used mainly in the case where you are paraphrasing a large portion of a paper or book from a certain passage within the book when that passage might be difficult to locate otherwise.
Rick Dr. Rick Froman, Chair Division of Humanities and Social Sciences Professor of Psychology Box 3055 John Brown University 2000 W. University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 [email protected] (479)524-7295 http://tinyurl.com/DrFroman Forwarding any part of this e-mail to the White House is strictly prohibited. From: Horton, Joseph J. [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 9:10 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] APA Manual 6.04 How do you interpret section 6.04 of the 6th edition of the manual? This is the section in which we are "encouraged" to include paragraph or page numbers when paraphrasing. I am confused. I do not recall ever seeing this done and I do not see an example of it in the manual. Page numbers are only used when there are direct quotations. Thanks for your insight, Joe Joseph J. Horton, Ph. D. Box 3077 Grove City College Grove City, PA 16127 724-458-2004 [email protected] In God we trust, all others must bring data. --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
