Purpose of APA referencing

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Quick Questions

Shade in the A or B circle for each question.

1. What is the main purpose of APA referencing?

A To make your work look longer

B To acknowledge the sources of data and information you use

2. Which statement about intellectual property is correct?

A Referencing acknowledges the creator's ownership of their ideas and work

B Once something is online, you can use it without crediting anyone

3. Which action is plagiarism?

A Using a classmate's survey results in your report without crediting them

B Citing a government report in your report and listing it in your reference list

4. How do an in-text citation and the reference list work together?

A The in-text citation points to a full entry in the reference list

B The in-text citation replaces the need for a reference list

5. Which in-text citation links to this reference list entry? Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Census of Population and Housing.

A (Census, page 4)

B (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021)

Match the Pairs

Draw a line connecting each item on the left to its match on the right.

Left column		Right column
1(ABS, 2021)		AThe unemployment rate was 3.5% (ABS, 2023).
2Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Census of Population and Housing. https://www.abs.gov.au		BIn-text: (Smith, 2022) -> List: Smith, J. (2022). Teen sleep survey.
3Acknowledging intellectual property: giving credit to the creator of a dataset you used		CThe in-text citation does not match the reference list entry. The author and year differ, so the reader cannot link them.
4An in-text citation is linked to a reference list entry by matching the author and year		DAn in-text citation that credits the source (author and year) right where the information is used in your work
5Students sleep 7 hours a night. (No citation or reference list entry)		EA reference list entry that gives full details of the source so a reader can find it
6In-text: (Lee, 2020) -> Reference list: Nguyen, T. (2019). Phone use report.		FThe data is used without crediting the source. This is plagiarism because it passes off someone else's information as your own.

Definitions

APA referencing

Fill in the Blanks

Complete each line of code by filling in the missing parts.

In-text citation: (Author, ____)

In-text: (Lee, 2022) ______________: Lee, J. (2022). Title.

In-text: (Lee, 2022) Reference list: Lee, J. (____). Title.

Not citing a source is __________

APA respects _____________________

Spot the Error

Shade in the letter of the line that contains an error.

Question 1

A Sales rose 4% (Lee, 2021).

B This credits the author.

C References

D Kim, J. (2021). Retail trends.

Question 2

A Purpose of APA referencing:

B 1. Credit the original creator

C 2. Respect ownership of ideas

D 3. Allow plagiarism

Question 3

A Fires rose 8% (Tran, 2022).

B References

C Tran, A. 2022, Fire data.

Question 4

A IF using someone else's data

B THEN add in-text citation

C AND skip the reference list

D END IF

Question 5

A Teens sleep 7h (Ali, 2023).

B Ali, B. (2024). Sleep study.

C Citation matches the entry.

Answer Key

Purpose of APA referencing

Section A: Quick Questions

B — To acknowledge the sources of data and information you use

A — Referencing acknowledges the creator's ownership of their ideas and work

A — Using a classmate's survey results in your report without crediting them

A — The in-text citation points to a full entry in the reference list

B — (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021)

Section B: Match the Pairs

(ABS, 2021) → An in-text citation that credits the source (author and year) right where the information is used in your work

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Census of Population and Housing. https://www.abs.gov.au → A reference list entry that gives full details of the source so a reader can find it

Acknowledging intellectual property: giving credit to the creator of a dataset you used → The unemployment rate was 3.5% (ABS, 2023).

An in-text citation is linked to a reference list entry by matching the author and year → In-text: (Smith, 2022) -> List: Smith, J. (2022). Teen sleep survey.

Students sleep 7 hours a night. (No citation or reference list entry) → The data is used without crediting the source. This is plagiarism because it passes off someone else's information as your own.

In-text: (Lee, 2020) -> Reference list: Nguyen, T. (2019). Phone use report. → The in-text citation does not match the reference list entry. The author and year differ, so the reader cannot link them.

Section C: Definitions

APA referencing — A system that credits the sources of data and information using in-text citations linked to a reference list. It respects intellectual property and helps avoid plagiarism.

Section D: Fill in the Blanks

In-text citation: (Author, Year)

In-text: (Lee, 2022)
Reference list: Lee, J. (2022). Title.

In-text: (Lee, 2022)
Reference list: Lee, J. (2022). Title.

Not citing a source is plagiarism

APA respects intellectual property

Section E: Spot the Error

D — The in-text citation names Lee, so the reference list entry must start with the same author, Lee. Kim does not match, so the citation is not linked to its entry.

D — APA referencing helps students avoid plagiarism by acknowledging sources. It does not allow plagiarism. It should say '3. Avoid plagiarism'.

C — In an APA reference list entry the year goes in round brackets followed by a full stop, like (2022). This is how it links to the in-text citation.

C — Every in-text citation must be linked to a reference list entry. The source must be listed, not skipped. It should say 'AND add a reference list entry'.

B — The year in the reference list entry must match the year in the in-text citation (Ali, 2023). It should be (2023), not (2024).