How should researchers write about the individuals who participated in their studies according to APA?
What will be an ideal response?
Ans: The way that researchers write about their participants should acknowledge their participation. The researcher should describe the participants in ways that make it very clear who the participants were and who they were not. Descriptions should be specific and sensitive, but also very clear. “Loaded” or stereotypical terms for participants should not be used nor should dated, denigrating, or negative words. When dealing with gender, sexual orientation, racial and ethnic identity, disabilities, and age, APA encourages the writer not only to be specific and describe characteristics of the participant but to also acknowledge that the person is more than just one label or another.
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