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APA Style Guide to Electronic References
For a complete description of citation guidelines refer to the APA Style Guide to Electronic References (2012).
Data set
Pew Hispanic Center. (2008). 2007 Hispanic Healthcare Survey [Data file and code book]. Available from Pew Hispanic Center Web site: http://pewhispanic.org/datasets/
Note: Available from, rather than Retrieved from, indicates that the URL takes you to a download site, rather than directly to the data set file itself.
Graphic Representation of Data
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2005). [Interactive map showing percentage of respondents reporting "no" to, During the past month, did you participate in any physical activities?]. Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Retrieved from http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/gisbrfss/default.aspx
APA 6th edition
For a complete description of citation guidelines, refer to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 7th edition, Webster Reference 2nd Floor BF76.7 .P83 2020.
Data set
Basic form:
Author/Rightsholder. (Year). Title of data set (Version number) [Description of form]. Location: Name of producer.
or
Author/Rightsholder. (Year). Title of data set (Version number) [Description of form]. Retrieved from http://
Example:
Pew Hispanic Center. (2008). 2007 Hispanic Healthcare Survey [Data file and code book]. Retrieved from http://pewhispanic.org/datasets/
Unpublished raw data from study, untitled work
Basic form:
Author, F. N. (Year). [Description of study topic]. Unpublished raw data.
Example:
Smith, J.A. (2006). [Personnel survey]. Unpublished raw data.
APA Style Guide to Electronic References
For a complete description of citation guidelines refer to the APA Style Guide to Electronic References (2012).
Graphic Representation of Data
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2005). [Interactive map showing percentage of respondents reporting "no" to, During the past month, did you participate in any physical activities?]. Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Retrieved from http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/gisbrfss/default.aspx.
APA 6th
For a complete description of citation guidelines, refer to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 7th edition (2020).
Citing Specific Parts of a Source
For in-text citations, indicate the page, chapter, figure, or table within the parenthetical citation.
Basic form:
(Author, Year, Table #)
Example:
(National Center for Education Statistics, 2008, Table 3)
Entry in a Reference Work
APA does not provide specific information on how to cite a statistical table, but use this general format to cite part of a source (e.g. a statistical table) in the bibliography.
Basic form:
Author. (Year). Title of entry. In Editor (Eds.), Title of reference book (pp. xxx-xxx). Retrieved from http:// OR Location: Publisher OR doi:xxxx.
Example:
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. (2009). Table 151: Percentage of public and private high school graduates taking selected mathematics and science courses in high school, by sex and race/ethnicity: Selected years, 1982 through 2005. In U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (Ed.), Digest of Education Statistics (2009 ed.). Retrieved from http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d09/tables/dt09_151.asp.
American Veterinary Medical Association. (2010). Table 1204: Household Pet Ownership: 2006. In U.S. Census Bureau (Ed.), Statistical Abstract of the United States (129th ed.). Retrieved from http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/2010/tables/10s1204.pdf.