Chapter - 4 The Mechanics of Style

1. PRESENTED BY : - TAMANNA GUPTA

3. 1. PUNCTUATION
 Spacing After Punctuation Marks
 Period
 Comma
 Semicolon
 Colon
 Dash
 Quotation Marks
 Double or Single Quotation Marks
 Parentheses
 Brackets
 Slash

4. 2. SPELLING
 Preferred Spelling
Spelling should conform to standard American English
as exemplified in Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
(2005). If a word is not in Webster's Collegiate, consult the
more comprehensive Webster's Third New International Dictionary
(2002).
 Hyphenation
Compound words take many forms; that is, two words may
be written as
(a) two separate words
(b) a hyphenated word
(c) one unbroken, "solid" word.
For example, is follow up, follow-up, or followup

5. 3. CAPITALIZATION
 Words Beginning a Sentence
 Major Words in Titles and Headings
 Proper Nouns and Trade Names
 Nouns Followed by Numerals or Letters
 Titles of Tests
 Names of Conditions or Groups in an Experiment
 Names of Factors, Variables, and Effects

6. 4. ITALICS
 Use of Italics

7. 5. ABBREVIATIONS
 Use of Abbreviations
 Explanation of Abbreviations
 Abbreviations Accepted as Words
 Abbreviations Used Often in APA Journals
 Latin Abbreviations
 Scientific Abbreviations
 Other Abbreviations
 Plurals of Abbreviations
 Abbreviations Beginning a Sentence

8. 6. NUMBERS
 Numbers Expressed in Numerals
 Numbers Expressed in Words
 Combining Numerals and Words to Express Numbers
 Ordinal Numbers
 Decimal Fractions
 Roman Numerals
 Commas in Numbers
 Plurals of Numbers

9. 7. METRICATION
 Policy on Metrication
 Style for Metric Units

10. 8. STATISTICALAND MATHEMATICAL COPY
 Selecting Effective Presentation
 References for Statistics
 Formulas
 Statistics in Text
 Statistical Symbols
 Spacing, Alignment, and Punctuation

11. 9. EQUATIONS
 Equations in Text
 Displayed Equations
 Preparing Statistical and Mathematical Copy

12. Chapter 4 includes guidelines for
reporting inferential statistics and a
significantly revised table of statistical
abbreviations. A new discussion of using
supplemental files containing lengthy
data sets and other media is also
included.

13. THANK YOU