APA STYLE BASICS (It’s not so bad!) Melanee Vicedo vicedo@usc.edu 10/9/12 Today’s workshop • Introduce you to the overall format of APA papers. • Address common issues that students encounter. • Show you how to find and utilize resources to help you master APA formatting. 2 3 Basics • Use Times New Roman 12 pt. font. • Keep margins at standard settings – 1in. all sides • Double space everything in the paper 4 Headers • Very top of the paper • On cover page: Running head: SHORTENED
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Leadership styles‚ entrepreneurial orientation and family business growth in Ghana. The research problem While the number of family business abounds in Ghana‚ one sees lots of these slowly dying and some going bankrupt (Wolf‚ 2004). The lack of continuity and growth in family businesses is a major concern because of the primary contributory role that family businesses play in the world economy (Lansberg 1999: 1). It is perceived that entrepreneurial activities in Ghana lack the dynamism and competitive
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This article from the Washington Post discusses how the job market for people over fifty-five year olds “has not improved for this set of people.” For older people who have been laid off‚ but are not quite ready to retire are having difficulty finding jobs. The Author of the article Rodney Brooks points out that “even for a much lower-paying job” middle aged people would “be competing with people half [their] age.” People want to work later in life because they probably have not saved as much money
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Having the awareness of different cultures on what the characteristics that make them unique is what gives us the knowledge we need to interact better with them. By obtaining the knowledge of how different cultures live their lives within their families‚ dress‚ religion‚ and function during time of war is different. The Iraq culture has several subgroups that live within the country. Understanding the history which goes back thousands of years gave us the knowledge and understanding of how this
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lives of Sethe‚ her family‚ fellow former slaves‚ and the community through a unique writing style. The narrative does not follow a traditional‚ linear plot line. The reader discovers the story of Sethe through fragments from the past and present that Morrison reveals and intertwines in a variety of ways. The novel is like a puzzle of many pieces that the reader must put together to form a full picture. Through this style‚ which serves as a metaphor for the broken lives of her characters‚ Morrison
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The general formatting style that should be used will all depend on which resume style I choose. If I choose the Chronological style; that is if I have experience in the field I am applying to‚ I will list my skills first‚ my job experience in date order with the most recent first‚ and my education last. If I choose the Functional style; because of lack of experience or the fact that I may be changing my career path. I would first summarize my qualifications. Secondly‚ I would summarize any
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individual’s perceived susceptibility to disease‚ perceived severity of disease‚ perceived benefits of certain behaviors in reducing disease‚ and perceived barriers‚ such as cost‚ to preventive action. Nurses and other health care professionals are in a unique position to promote health in these vulnerable populations by using the Health Belief Model. Nurses help people to make health determinants and lifestyle changes‚ encourage health improvements in the lives of people as well as obtaining positive
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29 September 2013 What are the Unique Traits of Athenian Democracy? There are several traits that make Athenian democracy unique not only in the ancient world but also in the modern world as well. For the first time in recorded history‚ citizens had a say in what laws were to govern them . Democracy was an unknown and alien concept in the ancient world‚ and Athenians knew that their political process was different in and they were intensely proud of it. “Our form of government does not enter
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became the thirteenth colony in North America. Following the colonization of Georgia‚ Savannah was constructed the following year. James Oglethorpe‚ a hardy solider‚ became the commander of the colony after being appointed by the King. Georgia was unique to the English colonies because of the area it resided in. Georgia was used as a military buffer that would provide protection to South Carolina from the Spanish. This was deemed necessary after the Spanish had threatened Charleston on multiple occasions
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Option #3 You ask me why am I unique? The Trials and tribulations I have experienced and the people that were placed in my life is what molded me to be the man I am today. Growing up in Birmingham‚ AL I witnessed violence‚ drug addiction‚ and even death at an early age. Coming from a under performing household that is without a father figure made living comfortably impossible. Every week me and my brothers would see the "cable man"‚ "water man"‚ or the "electric man" come turn off our appliances
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