APA In-text Documentation Practice
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1. _____Gould (1977)__________ explains in his book Ever since Darwin that the IQ
scoring was “devised as the scale… as a practical guide for identifying children
whose poor performance indicated a need for special education” (pp. 65-66).
Gould, S. J. (1977). Ever since Darwin: Reflections in natural history. Norton.
(the quotation is from pages 65 to 66)
2. In “Rethinking the value of intelligence tests,” many intelligence researchers
concur that intelligence can no longer be considered a single, universal concept
accurately defined by a single test (Goldman, 1986).
Goldman, D. (1986, November 9). Rethinking the value of intelligence tests. New York
Times, pp. C23-27.
3. It is stated by ____Anderson (1980)___________ that the first $497 million of loan
money was received in July, 11980 from Solomon Brothers, the principal loan
under-writer (p. 52).
Anderson, H. (1980, July 7). Chrysler off the hook. Newsweek, p. 52.
4. It expressed a long-standing commitment to engineering, a commitment, said the
president of Chrysler’s North American operations, which was the “backbone of
this corporation” (Gray, 1983).
Gray, R. (1983, March 7). Chrysler chases young buyers. Advertising Age, p. 44.
5. ______________ has stated “Chrysler also had higher warranty costs than Ford or
GM” (Gray, 1981, p.93).
Gray, R. (1981). Going for broke: The Chrysler story. Doubleday.
(quote appears on page 93)
6. The most important characteristic of the brain is characterized by __John and
Pierce (1987)__________ as its “multiplicity and redundancy” (p. 62).
John, T. & Pierce, H. (1987). The brain: mystery and mortality. Garber Publishers.
(quoted phrase is from page 62)
7. Once, in Venice, Laurie Anderson played an electric violin while wearing ice
skates encased in slowly melting blocks of ice (Hanrahan, 2003).
Hanrahan, J. B. (2003, April 23). The epiphantasies of Laurie Anderson. Rolling Stone, 16,
73-86. (information appears on page 77)
8. One eye-witness confirms that there was no baby carriage involved in the
President Ford’s famous fall down the steps of Air Force One in 1975 (S.
Potemkin, personal communication, June 9, 2004 ).
A personal interview with Serge Potemkin, over the phone, on June 9, 2004.
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Gould explains (1977, p. 65-66).
(Goldman, 1986)
by Anderson (1980) that…
(Gray, 1983)
Gray (1981) has stated… (p. 93)
by John and Pierce (1987) as its… (p. 62)
(Hanrahan, 2003, p. 77)
(S. Potemkin, personal communication, June 9, 2004)