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APA technical guidelines stipulate that axis labels must be clear, concise, and oriented parallel to their corresponding axes. These labels should include the units of measurement if they are not already stated in the figure caption. Additionally, any legends must be placed entirely within the figure itself. All text inside the figure must use a consistent, simple font that is sized between $$8$$ and $$14$$ points.

Axis Labels and Legends in APA Style

Match each APA figure element with its specific technical guideline.

A student is preparing a bar graph for an APA-style research report. The graph displays mean anxiety scores (measured in points on a 0–50 scale) across three treatment conditions. The student places the legend in a separate text box below the figure, orients the y-axis label horizontally, and uses 16-point decorative font for all text inside the figure. Which of the following is a violation of APA figure-formatting guidelines?

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