Psychology A-Level
in-text citation
What in-text citation means in Psychology A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of in-text citation
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Reference: OCR
Inside the body of a report, surname and year only, either with the year bracketed after the name or as a bracketed surname and year at the end of the sentence.
Topics that use in-text citation
- Report writing (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Harvard convention
- publication bias
- replication crisis
- research funding
- results without interpretation
- validation of new knowledge
- appendices and raw data
- method sub-sections
Using in-text citation in the exam
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