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If you have trouble finding and citing resources please contact:

Taryn - email: tschmid@okanagan.bc.ca or text /call 250-253-3535

 

If you would like help with reading, writing and citing please contact:

Joaquim in the Success Centre - email: jcamps@okanagan.bc.ca  

Citing Statistics in APA - Examples

Works Cited:

Author. (Year of publication). Title of document: Subtitle if given (No. Report Number if given). URL

example:

Statistics Canada. (2022). A portrait of Canadians who have been homeless. (No.75-006-X202200100002). 

https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/en/catalogue/75-006-X202200100002

In-Text - paraphrase

(Author, Year)

example: (Statistics Canada, 2020). 

In-Text - quote

(Author, Year, p. Page number)

example: (Statistics Canada, 2020, p.15). 

 

 

Citing Tables in your Paper

ESSENTIONALS: Table # , Table title, Table Notes (this is where you would include where your graph came from!)

 

Diagram of the components of a prototypical table (here, a frequency table), including the table number, title, body, and notes.

Information taken from the APA Citation Website - where there is MUCH more information available. 

When reproducing graphs / charts / etc. in your paper, cite them in the Note underneath the image, using this format:

Reprinted (or Adapted if you've changed it) from "Title." Author. (first initial, second initial, last name).  Date.  Name of Website, journal or magazine. Retrieved (month, day, year). URL.

In your Bibliography at the end of your paper make sure you include citations for tables, graphs etc. 

Author (or Organization). (Year). Title of table/graph. URL

How to spot a misleading graph - Video

Statistics - Examples:


Mulvaney, N.,  Wubbenhorst, A.  & Kaur, A. (n.d.). Modular 2 : How to critically analyze and interpret data

visualizations. In Critical data literacy: Strategies to effectively intrepret and evaluate data

visualizations. Toronto Metropolitan University. Pressbooks. 


 

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