A student's first draft of her thesis contains the following: Evidence to the contrary was provided in several studies of efficacy but never examined in a context of "the adolescent at sea with the ghost of his losses" (Reynolds, 2011)
The student's reference list contains the following citation for this work:
Reynold, A. R. (2010). Never underestimate depression. Journal of Applied Psychology.
What is wrong with it? (Select all that apply.)
a. The reference list should re-state the quotation.
b. The reference is incomplete, lacking volume number and page numbers.
c. The years of the citation differ.
d. The author's name is spelled differently in the citation and in the reference list.
e. No page number is provided for the direct quotation.
ANS: B, C, D, E
Sources that will be cited in a paper or recorded in a reference list should be cross-checked two or three times to prevent errors. Questions that will identify common errors are displayed in Box 6-1. To prevent these errors, the author checks all the citations within the text of the literature review and each citation in his or her reference list, to assure agreement and completeness.
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