Psychology A-Level
Harvard convention
What Harvard convention means in Psychology A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Harvard convention
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Reference: OCR
A system of referencing academic research in which the elements of a reference are given in a set order and the punctuation follows.
Topics that use Harvard convention
- Report writing (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- in-text citation
- publication bias
- replication crisis
- research funding
- results without interpretation
- validation of new knowledge
- appendices and raw data
- method sub-sections
Using Harvard convention in the exam
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