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Management 3000 Research Guide

APA Format

The general format for citing data using the APA 7th ed. (p. 339) is provided below.

Author, A. A. (Date). Title of data set (Version number - if it exists) [Description of form]. Publisher Name. https://xxxxx

The form descriptions are flexible, but the most common is:  [Data set]

Exclude the publisher name if it is the same as the author.

"Include a retrieval date only if the data set is designed to change over time" (p. 337): Retrieved Month, day, year, from https://xxxxx

If you need any help citing data, please either contact me at egil@du.edu or contact the Research Center at research@du.libanswers.com ; 303-871-2905.

Examples

Bureau of Labor Statistics. (n.d.). CPI for all urban consumers, 2014-2021 [Date set]. Retrieved July 29, 2021, from http://data.bls.gov

Pew Research Center. (2020). 19th Amendment survey [Data set]. https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/dataset/19th-amendment-survey/