Should there be any citations in my intro or conclusion paragraphs?
Answer
The APA guidelines do not require or prohibit citations in an introduction or conclusion.
- The APA Help guide has a Sample Paper with citations in the introduction.
- This does not mean they are required.
- The choice of using a citation in the introduction or conclusion is up to the writer.
- If using an interesting statistic to grab the reader's attention, be sure to cite it.
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How would you go about citing it? like what would it look like?
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The in-text citation would look like the ones on Baker College's Sample Paper on the APA Help guide (https://guides.baker.edu/apahelp). Please let us know if we can be of further assistance!