This table compares the sixth edition of the Concise Rules of APA Style with the seventh edition of the Concise Guide to APA Style.
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American Psychological Association. (2021, May 11). Comparison of the Sixth Edition Concise Rules of APA Style and Seventh Edition Concise Guide to APA Style. https://apastyle.apa.org/products/6th-vs-7th-concise-guide
Concise Rules of APA Style, 6th edition |
Concise Guide to APA Style, 7th edition |
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| Publication date | published on June 29, 2009 | published on December 24, 2019 |
| Audience | graduate and undergraduate students, instructors, researchers, and editors | high school and undergraduate students, instructors, and new writers learning APA Style |
| Format | paperback or spiral-bound; in 2-color; 4.5 × 8.5 in.; 280 pp. | spiral-bound or ebook; spiral-bound is in full color |
| Size | 4.5 × 8.5 in. | 5.5 × 8.5 in. |
| Page count | 280 pages | 326 pages |
| Paper formatting guidelines | guidelines for professional papers | guidelines for student papers and annotated bibliographies |
| Sample papers | sample professional paper | sample student paper |
| Sample tables and figures | 28 sample tables and figures | 23 sample tables and figures |
| Citation guidelines and sample references | 96 sample references, including traditional sources (e.g., journal articles, books, dissertations, and reports) plus archival sources, legal sources, and others | 118 sample references, including traditional sources (e.g., journal articles, books, dissertations, and reports) plus many others (e.g., social media, webpages and websites, legal) |
| Bias-free language guidelines | general guidelines for reducing bias and specific guidelines for writing about gender, sexual orientation, racial and ethnic identity, disabilities, and age | expanded to include general guidelines for reducing bias and specific guidelines for writing about age, disability, gender, participation in research, racial and ethnic identity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, and intersectionality |
| Accessibility guidelines | not included | guidelines that support accessibility for all users, including simplified reference, in-text citation, and heading formats as well as additional font options |
| Writing style and grammar | guidelines for effective scholarly writing and grammar and usage; strategies to help students improve their writing | guidelines for effective scholarly writing and grammar and usage, including updated usage of pronouns; strategies to help students improve their writing |
| Mechanics of style | guidance on punctuation, lists, italics, spelling, capitalization, abbreviations, numbers, metrication, statistics, and equations | guidance on punctuation, lists, italics, spelling, capitalization, abbreviations, numbers, metrication, statistics, and equations |