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GUIDELINES FOR UNBIASED LANGUAGE:
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Guidelines have been developed by the APA (See Publication Manual, pp. 61-76) to avoid biased assumptions about people in their writing. Below are a few examples of how to eliminate this bias. For more information on this topic, however, please refer to the APA Publication Manual. |
EXAMPLE:
| Avoid Gender Bias: | |
| Not as Good: | The student is usually the best judge of the quality of the course he has taken. |
| Better: | Students are usually the best judges of the quality of the courses they have taken. |
EXAMPLE:
| Recognize Participation: | |
| Not as Good: | Half of the subjects were randomly placed in the control group. |
| Better: | Half of the participants were randomly placed in the control group. |
EXAMPLE:
| Specify the Name of the Ethnic Group: | |
| Not as Good: | The participants included 50 Asian Americans. |
| Better: | The participants included 30 Chinese Americans and 20 Vietnamese Americans |
EXAMPLE:
| Place Person Before Their Disability: | |
| Not as Good: | The stroke of the victim had trouble verbalizing his thoughts. |
| Better: | The individual who had a stroke had trouble verbalizing his thoughts. |
Components of a Research Paper | General Requirements
Title Page | Abstract | Body of the Paper | Headings
Capitalization and Spacing
Commonly Misspelled or Misused Words | Citations
Quotations | References| APA Style Resources
Updated: February 22, 2007