Should there be any citations in my intro or conclusion paragraphs?

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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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  1. How would you go about citing it? like what would it look like?
    by Curious Scientific writer on Dec 03, 2018
  2. 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!
    by Patrick Mullane on Dec 03, 2018

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