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Based on the rules of APA style, evaluate the student's draft statement. Explain whether each number is formatted correctly or incorrectly and justify your answer.
Case context: A student researcher is preparing the final draft of their psychology research report. In the results section, they write: 'We tested eight participants in the first condition, and they achieved a mean score of four.' They remember learning that numbers under should be written as words and want to know if their current draft perfectly follows APA style.
Question: Based on the rules of APA style, evaluate the student's draft statement. Explain whether each number is formatted correctly or incorrectly and justify your answer.
Sample answer: The number 'eight' is formatted correctly because it represents the number of participants, which is not a precise statistical result and is under , so it should be written as a word. However, the mean score of 'four' is formatted incorrectly. Since a mean score is a precise statistical result, it must be written as a numeral and typically rounded to two decimal places, so it should be written as ''.
Key points:
- Correctly identifies 'eight' as a non-statistical number under .
- States 'eight' is correctly written as a word.
- Correctly identifies 'four' (the mean score) as a precise statistical result.
- Explains that 'four' should be written as a numeral, specifically ''.
Rubric: A correct response will identify that 'eight' is correctly formatted as a word because it is a non-statistical number under . It must also identify that 'four' is incorrect and should be written as the numeral '' because it is a precise statistical result.
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