Given below are two statements. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.
Statement I:In a reference written in APA style, the first name of an author is written first.
Statement II:In a reference written in APA style, the year of publication is written after the page number.
ABoth Statement I and Statement II are correct
BBoth Statement I and Statement II are incorrect ✓ Correct
CStatement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect
DStatement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct
Correct answer: (B) Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect
Explanation
Both statements are incorrect regarding APA referencing conventions.
Statement one errs because APA writes the author's surname first, followed by initials, not the first name.
Placing the first name first is characteristic of some other styles, not APA.
Statement two errs because the year of publication is placed right after the author, not after the page number.
The page number appears late in an in text citation or at the end of a reference, well after the year.
The basic APA order is author, year, title and then source.
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