Sections Found Within an Apa Paper

Sections Found Within an APA Paper

William A. Smith Jr.

American Public University

Professor Alex Ekwuaju

CMRJ300 Criminal Justice

June 09, 2013

Sections found within an APA paper

An APA-style paper includes the following sections: title page, abstract, introduction,

method, results, discussion, and references. APA papers may also include in them tables and or

figures depending on what type of research the writer is doing. In each section of an APA

formatted paper different types of information about your study are addressed such as:

* Do not put page breaks in between the introduction, method, results, and discussion sections.

* The title page, abstract, references, table(s), and figure(s) should be on their own pages.

* The entire paper should be written in the past tense, in a 12-point font, double-spaced, and with one-inch margins all around.

The Title page of an APA formatted paper is the first page to your paper and should include

the following:

* RUNNING HEAD

* Page number

* The Title to your paper

* Authors name

* School Affiliation

* Date

The RUNNING HEAD (Needs to be all capitalized) should be located in the upper left hand

corner and needs to include the Title (All capital letters as well). The Title should be no

morethan 10 words and should reflect the content of the paper. The page number should be

placed in the upper right corner of the Title page. In the middle of the Title page is where the

Title, authors name, school affiliation, professors name and date should be (double spaced).

The next page following the Title page of an APA formatted paper should be the Abstract.

The Abstract is basically a brief summary of the entire paper and should be written after you

have completed your paper. It needs to be double spaced and the word Abstract needs to be

placed at the top of the page. Same as the Title page, RUNNING HEAD and Title need to be in

the left hand corner as well the page number 2, placed in the right hand corner. Keep the abstract

short and to the point, 100-200 words should be sufficient.

The next page in APA formatting should be the Introduction, which gives the reader an

overview of the topic you are writing about. The goal of the Introduction page is to provide