Measures of Central Tendency: Mean, Median and Mode
Reference types
1. Examples of Different Reference Types
Reference to a Journal Article:
Becker, L. J., & Seligman, C. (1981). Welcome to the energy crisis. Journal of Social
Issues, 37, 1-7.
Paivio, A. (1975). Perceptual comparisons through the mind’s eye. Memory and
Cognition, 3, 635-647.
Reference to a Book:
Aronson, E. (1984). The social animal (4th ed.). San Francisco: W. H. Freeman.
Chomsky, N. (1979). Language and responsibility. New York: Pantheon.
Sternberg, Robert J. & Ben-Zeev, Talia (2001). Complex cognition: The psychology of human
thought. New York: Oxford University Press.
Reference to a Chapter in an Edited Volume:
Bersheid, E. & Walster, E. (1974). Physical attractiveness. In L. Berkowitz (Ed.),
Advances in experimental social psychology (Vol. 7, pp. 145-198). New York:
Academic Press.
Gurman, A. S. & Kniskern, D. P. (1981). Family therapy outcome research: Knowns and
unknowns. In A. S. Gurman & D. P. Kniskern (Eds.), Handbook of family
therapy (pp. 741-775). New York: Brunner/Mazel.
Reference to a Computer Program:
Abboud, H. A. (1999). Superlab pro 1.75: The experimental lab software. [computer
program] Phoenix, AZ: Cedrus Corporation.
![Examples of Different Reference Types
Reference to a Journal Article:
Becker, L. J., & Seligman, C. (1981). Welcome to the energy crisis. Journal of Social
Issues, 37, 1-7.
Paivio, A. (1975). Perceptual comparisons through the mind’s eye. Memory and
Cognition, 3, 635-647.
Reference to a Book:
Aronson, E. (1984). The social animal (4th ed.). San Francisco: W. H. Freeman.
Chomsky, N. (1979). Language and responsibility. New York: Pantheon.
Sternberg, Robert J. & Ben-Zeev, Talia (2001). Complex cognition: The psychology of human
thought. New York: Oxford University Press.
Reference to a Chapter in an Edited Volume:
Bersheid, E. & Walster, E. (1974). Physical attractiveness. In L. Berkowitz (Ed.),
Advances in experimental social psychology (Vol. 7, pp. 145-198). New York:
Academic Press.
Gurman, A. S. & Kniskern, D. P. (1981). Family therapy outcome research: Knowns and
unknowns. In A. S. Gurman & D. P. Kniskern (Eds.), Handbook of family
therapy (pp. 741-775). New York: Brunner/Mazel.
Reference to a Computer Program:
Abboud, H. A. (1999). Superlab pro 1.75: The experimental lab software. [computer
program] Phoenix, AZ: Cedrus Corporation.](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/referencetypes-170801051908/85/Reference-types-1-320.jpg)
