| Manuscript page header | The first two or three words of the title of a manuscript that is typed flush right at the top of the pages of an APA-style manuscript.
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| Running head | A shortened version of the title to a manuscript (no more than 50 characters) that appears on the title page.
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| Abstract | A concise (50-150 words) summary of an APA-style manuscript that includes a brief description of the rationale for the study, methods, results, and conclusions.
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| Introduction | The first substantive section of an APA-style manuscript, which includes the rationale for the study, a literature review, and usually a statement of the hypothesis to be tested.
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| Method section | The section of an APA-style manuscript in which the methods used in a study are described in detail.
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| Participants subsection | A subsection of the method section of an APA-style manuscript used when humans are employed in a study and describing the nature of the sample.
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| Subjects subsection | A subsection of the method section of an APA-style manuscript in which the nature of the subject sample employed is described. This section is called subjects if animals were employed in a study.
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| Apparatus subsection | Subsection of the method section of an APA-style manuscript in which any equipment, materials, and measures are described in detail. Sometimes called the materials subsection.
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| Materials subsection | A subsection of the method section an of APA-style manuscript in which primarily written materials used in a study (for example, questionnaires) are described.
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| Procedure subsection | The subsection of the method section of an APA-style manuscript that provides a detailed description of the procedures used in a study.
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| Results section | The section of an APA-style manuscript that contains a description of the findings of a study. The section normally reports the values of descriptive and inferential statistics obtained.
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| Discussion section | The section of an APA-style manuscript that includes the author’s interpretation of the findings of a study and conclusions drawn from the data.
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| Reference section | The section of an APA-style manuscript in which all citations used in the manuscript are lifted alphabetically.
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| Plagiarism | A serious flaw in writing that involves using another person’s words or ideas without properly citing the source. See also lazy writing.
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| Lazy writing | Flaw in writing, closely related to plagiarism, that involves using too much quoted (albeit properly cited) material in a manuscript.
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