If there is no individual author for a report, you should list the company or organization responsible for the content as the corporate author.
If the report has been assigned a number, provide the report number in parentheses after the title.
A technical report may not contain all of the information you require for a reference. If there is no date of publication, use the abbreviation n.d. (for "no date").
When the publisher is the same as the author (e.g., with group authors), omit the publisher from the source element.
Lab or diagnostic manuals follow the format for books.
Examples of Reference:
Pagana, K. D., Pagana, T. J., & Pagana, T. N. (2019). Mosby’s diagnostic and
laboratory test reference (14th ed.). Elsevier.
Examples of In-Text Citations:
This page contains reference examples for clinical practice including drug information, lab or diagnostic manual, Cochrane review.
A sample paper demonstrating APA style for quantitative papers, including figures.
A table usually shows numerical values arranged in columns and rows. A figure may be a chart, graph, photograph, drawing, plot, infographic, or any other illustration that is not a table.
Tables are visual displays composed of columns and rows in which numbers, text, or a combination of numbers and text are presented. Sample tables
Common types of figures include line graphs, bar graphs, charts (e.g., flowcharts, pie charts), drawings, maps, plots (e.g., scatterplots), photographs, infographics, and other illustrations. Sample figures
Abbreviations, units of measurement
An abbreviation is a shortened form of a word or phrase, or a unit of measurement when it appears with a numerical value.
When to use numerals (eg. 1, 2, 3,) or words (eg. one, two, three).
In general, if you are citing existing data or statistics, cite the publication in which the data were published (e.g., a journal article, report, or webpage) rather than the data set itself.
