RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

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REPORTING AND THESIS WRITING

APA STYLE OF REFERENCING

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When mentioning a source with six or more authors in a sentence, in either a parenthetical citation or in the sentence text, only the first author’s name and et al. should be provided.For example:Frenkel et al. (2015) explain that ____
A
True
B
False
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -et al. should be used after the first author’s last name every time a source with three to five authors is introduced in the text. For example: Young et al.

Detailed explanation-2: -APA in-text citations with multiple authors If a work has two authors, separate their names with an ampersand (&) in a parenthetical citation or “and” in a narrative citation. If there are three or more authors, only include the first author’s last name followed by “et al.”, meaning “and others”.

Detailed explanation-3: -Three or more authors When mentioning the authors in the text, give all of the authors’ names or list the first author and write “and others". For the parenthetical citation and Works Cited citation, give the first author’s name followed by et al.

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