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APA Citation 7th Ed: Data Sets

An olds College guide to APA Citation Style, 7th Edition.

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Data Sets Standard Format

Data Sets
Where
Who When What Publisher Info DOI or URL

Author, A. A. & Author, B. B.

Name of Group

 

(year).

(range of years). 

Title of data set (Version #) [Data set].

Title of data set [Unpublished raw data].

[Description of untitled data set] [Unpublished raw data].

Publisher Name.

Source of Unpublished Data.

https://doi.org/xxxx....

https://xxxx...

Retrieved Month date, year, from https://xxxx

 

American Psychological Association. (2020). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed).

https://doi.org/10.1037/0000165-000

Data Sets Formatting Rules

  • Provide a retrieval date only if the data set is designated to change over time
  • Date for published data is the year of publication
  • Date for unpublished data is the year(s) of collection
  • If version number exists, include in parentheses after the title

Data Sets Examples

Data Set

Cohen, M. A., & Miller, T. R.  (1991). Cost of mental health care for victims of crime in the

United States (ICPSR 6581, Version V1) [Data set].  ICPSR. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06581.v1

Unpublished raw data

Evans, S. K. (2014).  [Personnel survey] [Unpublished raw data].  University of

Southern California.