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Statistics 4970W: Senior Seminar

Citation Tool in Discover@MU

Select "Cite" in Discover@MU or other Ebscohost databases to format the reference in either ALA or MLA citation style.  Always double check these citations with a current citation manual.
 
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Data set references

Citation examples

  • Citation for an article in APA 6 style:

Baumer, B. S. (2014). Analyzing Baseball Data with R by Max Marchi, Jim Albert. International Statistical Review, 82(2), 313-315. doi:10.1111/insr.12068_5

  • Citation for an article in MLA 8 style

Baumer, Ben S. "Analyzing Baseball Data with R by Max Marchi, Jim Albert." International Statistical Review, vol. 82, no. 2, Aug. 2014, pp. 313-315. doi:10.1111/insr.12068_5.

MLA 8 does not provide precise formats for citations.  Follow the MLA template of core elements to create a citation for a data set.   For more guidance use the Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL).

  • Citation for a data set in APA 6 style:

Pew Hispanic Center. (2004). Changing channels and crisscrossing cultures: A survey of Latinos on the news media [Data file and code book]. Retrieved from http://pewhispanic.org/datasets/

For more information see How to Cite a Data Set in APA Style

  • Citation for a data set in MLA 8 style:

Pew Hispanic Center.  Changing channels and crisscrossing cultures: A survey of Latinos on the news media. (Data file and code book). Washington, DC: Pew Research Center, 2004. Web. 19 Sep 2011. <http://pewhispanic.org/datasets/signup.php?DatasetID=5>

MLA 8 does not provide precise formats for citations.  Follow the MLA template of core elements to create a citation for a data set.   For more guidance use the Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL).

Additional information on style formats

Tools for managing citations and article PDFs