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An APA-style table efficiently organizes descriptive statistics for complex research designs involving multiple variables. For instance, a table detailing a study on mood, self-esteem, and unprotected sex would feature overarching headings for positive and negative mood, subdivided by high and low self-esteem. The rows would list the outcome variables—intentions and attitudes toward unprotected sex—with their corresponding mean scores and standard deviations filling the table cells, all structured clearly with standard horizontal lines.

Example of an APA-Style Table for Means and Standard Deviations

In an APA-style table presenting descriptive statistics for a study examining the effects of mood (positive vs. negative) and self-esteem (high vs. low) on intentions and attitudes toward unprotected sex, what two descriptive statistics would fill the individual cells of the table?

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