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APA Guide 7th Edition: Data

A guide to the APA 7th edition Citation Style

Data Sets

Data Set

National Center for Education Statistics. (2016). Fast Response Survey System (FRSS): Teachers' use of educational technology in U.S. public schools, 2009 (ICPSR 35531; Version V3) [Data set and code book]. National Archive of Data on Arts and Culture. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR35531.v3

D'Souza, A., & Wiseheart, M. (2018). Cognitive effects of music and dance training in children (ICPSR 37080; Version V1) [Data set]. ICPSR. https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/studies/37080/versions/V1

Pew Research Center. (2018). American trends panel Wave 26 [Data set]. https://www.pewsocialtrends.org/dataset/american-trends-panel-wave-26/

Unpublished Raw Data

Baer, R. A. (2015). [Unpublished raw data on the correlations between the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire and the Kentucky Inventory of Mindfulness Skills]. University of Kentucky.

Oregon Youth Authority. (2011). Recidivism outcomes [Unpublished raw data].

Medical Data and Patient Records

According to the APA, a reference list is supposed to be a list of retrievable sources, and a medical record is not a retrievable source, since patient privacy and confidentiality can not be observed. If you need to make general reference to a patient record, you can do so in a generalized way. For example, "The patient's medical chart contained a note about the patient's anxiety about receiving treatment" or "The medical records show the patient had lost 10 pounds in the 6 months previously" or "The patient was taking 2 acetaminophen every 4 hours for pain."