Statistics Referencing Guide
This is the Citationsy guide to Statistics citations, reference lists, in-text citations, and bibliographies.
The complete, comprehensive guide shows you how easy citing any source can be. Referencing books, youtube videos, websites, articles, journals, podcasts, images, videos, or music in Statistics.
How do you cite a book in the Statistics referencing style?
Here’s an example book citation in Statistics using placeholders:
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Last Name FN. Title. Edition. Editor Last Name EFN, editor. City: Publisher; 2000.
So if we want to cite, for example, “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” by Joanne K. Rowling we’d do so like this:
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Rowling JK. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. 1st ed. London: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc; 1997.
And an in-text citation book citation in Statistics looks like this:
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How to reference a journal article in the Statistics citation style?
Here’s a Statistics journal citation example using placeholders:
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Author1 LastnameAF, Author3 LastnameAF. Title. Container [Internet]. 2000 [cited 2019Jul.16];Volume:pages Used. URL.
So if we want to reference this scientific article: “Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?” by C. Petit and J.M. Sieffermann
in Statistics:
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Petit C, Sieffermann J. Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?. [Internet]. 2007 [cited 2019Jul.16];18:161-172. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2006.05.008.
And an in-text citation would look like this:
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Citing a website in Statistics reference style
Here’s an Statistics example website reference:
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Author1 LastnameAF, Author2 LastnameAF. Title [Internet]. Publisher; 2000 [cited 2019Jul.16]. https://www.example.com.
To reference the article located at this link:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083
on The Guardian website:
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Tran M. Barack Obama To Be America’s First Black President [Internet]. The Guardian; 2008 [cited 2019Jul.16]. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083.
And an in-text citation would look like this:
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How to cite a YouTube video Statistics
Here’s a Statistics citation YouTube video example:
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ChannelName. Title [Internet]. YouTube. 2000 [cited 2019Jul.16]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX.
So how to cite a video Statistics?
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Pixar. Pizza Clip — Inside Out [Internet]. YouTube. 2015 [cited 2019Jul.16]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ.
And an in-text video citation would look like this:
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How to cite a podcast using Statistics referencing style
It is becoming more and more common to reference podcasts in essays or other school work.
Here’s how to reference a podcast it in Statistics.
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Lastname F. Title [Internet]. Publisher; 2000 [cited 2019Jul.16]. http://www.example.com.
Podcast referencing example in Statistics using “This American Life” episode 640:
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This American Life. 640: Five Women [Internet]. WBEZ Radio; 2018 [cited 2019Jul.16]. https://thisamericanlife.org/640/five-women.
And an in-text citation would look like this:
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How to cite a piece of music or a song using Statistics referencing style?
An example song citation in Statistics.
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Lastname F. Song Title [Internet]. Album. 2000 [cited 2019Jul.16]. http://www.example.com.
Let‘s say we want to reference “Here Comes the Sun” off The Beatles “Abbey Road” album in Statistics:
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The Beatles. Here Comes the Sun [Internet]. Abbey Road. 1969 [cited 2019Jul.16]. https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/here-comes-the-sun/401186200?i=401187150.
And an in-text citation would look like this:
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