DDBA8303 week 1 quiz

QUESTION 1

What is wrong with this reference?

Davis, S., & Werner, J. (2015). Motivation across ethical theories: What can we learn for designing corporate ethics programs? Journal of Business Ethics, 25(3), 751–764. doi:10.1007/s10551-007-9545-7

Page numbers should not have a period after the last page.

Journal of Business Ethics is not a peer-reviewed journal.

Issue number should not be listed.

Article title must be in italics.

QUESTION 2

Identify the APA error in the following example:

Mahoney, J., & Vanderpoel, R. S. (2015). Set diagrams and qualitative research. Comparative Political Studies, 48, 65–100. doi:10.1177/0010414013519410

The issue number should not be listed.

The journal title needs to be in italics.

Page numbers should not have a period after the last page.

The title needs to be capitalized.

QUESTION 3

APA allows for certain circumstances where you may need to cite yourself in your text; however, reusing your own work without proper citation can be considered self-plagiarism.

True

False

QUESTION 4

Please identify the APA error in the following example:

Ahmed and Akhlaq (2015) indicated a “negative relationship” between distrust and purchase intention.

An ampersand should be used between the authors’ last names

Should use observe, believe, or state instead of indicated

Wrong tense

Incorrect method for indicating emphasis in APA format

QUESTION 5

What is wrong with this sentence?

The article stated that managers are responsible for employee performance (Smith & Grant, 2013).

Parenthetical citation is incorrect

Anthropomorphic sentence

Wrong tense

Using an ampersand is incorrect

QUESTION 6

How do you reference a journal article when no digital object identifier (doi) is assigned? Hint: Review page 199 of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.).

Provide the database of where the journal is located (i.e., Retrieved from EBSCOhost.).

Do not worry about the doi.

Include the journal publisher name and location.

Provide the URL of the journal homepage.

QUESTION 7

Which one of the following is TRUE about APA style tables?

Tables can be single- or double-spaced.

Table headings should be left justified.

Tables may have five types of notes.

The font should be 12-point Times New Roman.

QUESTION 8

Which one of the following examples reflects the correct format for citing an in-text citation THE FIRST TIME when there are six authors?

According to Jones, Peters, Kane, Smith, Wiley, and Rope (2013), college students...

According to Jones et al. (2013), college students…

According to Jones et al., (2013), college students…

According to Jones, A. S. (2013), college students…

QUESTION 9

An abstract is a:

Letter to the reader

Brief summary of the contents of the published article, paper, or study

Vague description of the problem being researched

Table at the end of the paper

QUESTION 10

Identify the issue with the following sentence:

Although Smith and Williams (2012) identified that strategies such as “corporate universities” can increase worker participation and enhance the workplace environment, this study provided only a minimal theoretical foundation for the study.

Incorrect use of possessive voice

Use observe, believe, or state instead of identified

Anthropomorphic phrase this study provided is not APA compliant

Wrong tense