There is nothing more frustrating for students than getting to the end of their dissertations only to realize that they have not been following proper APA citation rules. APA citation is a standard format for documenting papers and dissertations, and APA citation rules must be followed throughout the dissertation. APA citation, then, is a critical component to any dissertation, as a dissertation must be formatted according to APA standards.
Unfortunately, many students wait until they are done with their dissertation to start working on formatting their dissertation in proper APA style. APA citation is not something that is done quickly, however, as there are hundreds of rules that govern how things must be formatted in a dissertation. These rules and regulations might seem trivial, but oftentimes they are the key to a student getting his/her dissertation approved.
Changing an entire dissertation into proper APA citation is a laborious, time-consuming task. The student has spent months and months (if not years) working on his/her dissertation and the last thing they want to do is spend time working on something that they see as very minor and trivial.
APA citation is seen as a nuisance to students eager to finish and get their doctoral degrees. Just because it is seen as a nuisance, however, does not mean that APA citation is not important. On the contrary! APA citation is important and it does serve a very important purpose. Because there are millions of papers and dissertations already written, it is important for them all to be in a standard format. This allows individuals to know what they are looking for. Take the bibliography page, for example. APA citation has very specific rules and regulations regarding the bibliography section of a dissertation. Without these APA citation rules, students would document the works that they used throughout their dissertation in different ways. Then, when someone wants to check these sources, they would have to spend time deciphering what it is, exactly that they are looking for. With standard APA citation, however, all documents using that format are formatted exactly the same.
With APA citation help, researchers do not have to get annoyed when they search through the hundreds of pages of the APA citation manual. Instead, researchers can get APA citation help from trained professionals who have worked extensively with APA citation. APA citation experts keep up with the changing rules and formats of APA citation. The rules of APA citation are changing so rapidly that the manual cannot keep up with these changes. Technology continues to change and with this changing technology, comes rules that govern how that technology is to be cited.
Statistics Solutions offers APA citation assistance. We find that by the time the student gets to the end of his or her dissertation, they are so burnt-out, that they have no desire to reread and edit it over and over again. Statistics Solutions can do this for the student and can assist with both the technical aspects of APA citation and with the dissertation overall.
