Hi all Ychallengers!
We meet again 
As most of our contestants are busy “cracking” their heads with Prelim Case about ML1, we would like to share with you some information on the APA refrence style that we are using for our competition format.
(Note: Ychallenge has its own writting format requirements but adopted the reference style from APA)
In a very short summary, APA reference style has following appearance:
1. This is how the citations look like in your content:
“Prevalence rates of antenatal major and minor depression have been estimated in community-based studies to range from 7% to 15% of all pregnancies” (Grote, Swartz, Geibel & Zuckoff, 2009, para. 2).
Or:
Arnett (2000, as cited in Claiborne & Drewery, 2010) suggests there is an emerging adult stage in the lifespan of humans, covering young people between the ages of 18 and 25 years
2. This is how the references look like in your bibliography:
Krause, K.-L., Bochner, S., & Duchesne, S. (2006). Educational psychology for learning and teaching (2nd ed.). South Melbourne, Vic., Australia: Thomson.
Or:
Will, R. J. (2002). The characteristic symphony in the age of Haydn and Beethoven [Ebrary Reader version]. Retrieved from Ebrary database.
Or:
World Health Organization. (2008) WHO global report on falls prevention in older age. Geneva, Switzerland: Author.
For the complete & comprehensive guideline on APA reference style please refer to:
http://www.waikato.ac.nz/library/study/guides/apa.shtml
or
http://library.curtin.edu.au/local/docs/referencing/apa.pdf
Please do notice that for Ychallenge 2011 text format, we have the following requirements:
- 1.5 line spacing on A4-sized paper (21 cm x 29.7 cm / 8.27 inches x 11.69 inches)
- 2.54 cm (1 inch) margins on all sides.
- Using 12 pt. Times New Roman font.
- Solution content is within 2 A4 pages.
- Reference list & all other supporting items are in an additional Appendix (2 pages maximum).
- Include Team Name and the full names of all team members in the file content (not counted in the “pages” mentioned above).
Kindly refer to our website for more details on this submission requirement, the website information & this note served as fundamental basics for our Ychallenge competition requirements.
http://www.yplatform.vn/ychallenge/rules-and-regulations
If you have any question, feel free to ask us here, or email us at ychallenge.submit@yplatform.vn
Wish you all the best for the competition!
Ychallenge 2011 Team | Yplatform