# 4: Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Sixth Edition

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364 376 people found the following review helpful: 2.0 attention out of 5 stars! Many pages of corrections have been released!, October 7, 2009 this review is from: Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Sixth Edition (Paperback) I just got my copy. As a Professor of psychology, this text is required for my shelves--the same is true for students in this field. However, I was shocked to learn APA has already released 7 typewritten pages of corrections to this manual, which they will exchange the first print to print the most recent. This is a resource that will be used for years! Waiting to buy until they have been ironed out the kinks and I'm on a second or third printing of the manual! I'm also disappointed that they do not delineate clearly the changes from the 5th Edition. It seems to me that there are some important changes (2 spaces between sentences, etc..). Save your money for at least a couple of months! help other customers find the most useful reviews This review was helpful?

195 of 207 people found the following review helpful: 1.0 out of 5 stars very disappointed, October 14, 2009 this review is from: Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Sixth Edition (Paperback) I was very angry to find that existed in the 6th Edition of many errors. I also contacted APA regarding errors. They aren't going to exchange the book for a correct edition. They did several lame excuses for mistakes and not replacing it. My second email of APA pointedly expressed my displeasure with their position-copied below ...

Grammar and mistakes of writing a book of grammar and writing is shameful. What really bothers the organization presenting reputation? Do you have editors reviewing your works before publication? Are your editor by paying attention to their work? If you cannot keep you set standards in their publication, and publications should not exist!

If you need this book, require a reprint correct! If you are a University, also a reprint request. This organization should not set standards that they are not going to comply. I give them an "F"

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166 of 178 people found the following review helpful: 1.0 out of 5 stars not to buy, Join the boycott!, October 20, 2009 this review is from: Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Sixth Edition (Paperback) not to buy the first printing of the APA manual, 6th Edition in all circumstances. There are errors on eighty (80) of its pages. How outrageous to a handbook on writing style! As of 20/10/09, APA refuses to exchange their full copies of error with prints second correct. Despite the fact that the list of errors continues to 7 pages, Editorial Director of books APA declared "errors that prevent the use of the manual with full confidence." Many mistakes are sample documents--a part of the manual so that many of us use as a landmark. The abuse of power which is wielding APA students required to purchase this book for classes, along with students and professors who have written in this style of magazines is alarming. APA goes on with its 80 pages of errors in this edition which is in my control, like a real expert who has been intimately involved with every phase of this project, to verify for you without hesitation that the first printing is fully functional, accurate and correct. " As Professor, when can I say to my documents, students gain them 3 APA errors docked 1/2 a letter. If I were to the degree of this APA book, would not only get a F, there aren't enough letters of the alphabet to go low enough for the number of errors that it contains. Meanwhile, APA is happy to take money for the book you know that all we have to buy in many fields of study.

A formal boycott of this edition is in progress on Facebook until APA undertakes to replace the copies of the first edition that people now are stuck with. Join us [...]

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# 6: The comeback: how innovation will restore the American dream

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful: 1.0 out of 5 stars stupid!, January 10, 2011 this review is from: The Comeback: how innovation will restore the American dream (Hardcover) thesis Shapiro is that our Government spends too much, our economy creates too little, and we are preparing our children to compete. Meanwhile, Forbes.com reports that 6 of the 10 richest counties in the United States, while Detroit surround D.C. and other cities crumble. OK-not too bad, he is 2 to 3 at this point.
Then his recommendations. 1) Innovate more. Sounds good. The reality is that jobs don't follow is no more innovation like they used to-eg. tear-off analysis of iPhone 3 G has shown only $ 1.15 of total U.S. contribution is a manufacturing and preliminary data on the iPhone 4 G, iPod and iPad does not seem to differ. At the same time, new social networking sites have high value that attracted so much attention from innovators and venture funds have few employees-es. Facebook is estimated to have an assessment of 50 billion dollars, with only 1600 employees (the latter figure for Zuckerberg in September 2010). Finally, China is rapidly increasing pressure on U.S. innovation by forcing businesses wanting to do business with it to establish/transfer their R&D to China, along with proprietary technology. R&D costs are lower in China, and there are also signs that Chinese R&D is also more efficient.
2) dances around the issue Shapiro of illegal immigrants from Mexico-a topic involving approximately 12 million. His real interest is to encourage more immigrants from Asia-a valid point, but becomes more difficult, as China and India offer more opportunities at home.
3) Shapiro wants more free trade agreements and to delete ' Buy America ' provisions. Great-it's like offering to extend and deepen the pool for a man from drowning.
Shapiro has a recommendation 4) covered to reduce public expenditure, together with some incomplete ideas to reduce health care costs (e.g. reducing malpractice awards) and a blanket statement that ' Government can reduce health care costs. " Obviously he is unaware that credible research (including the Congressional Budget Office) has determined that the malpractice contributes only about 5% for the costs of health care (U.S. health costs about 18% of GDP, compared to about 4% for our main competitor, China). The Government is unable to control health care costs-all other developed Nations development that I know, with the possible exception of China, government restrictions on reimbursement as a ploy to use root by holding down costs.
5) to improve education, Says Shapiro, but again he dances around the subject and there is nothing specific to offer. He probably is unaware that we have approximately tripled the proper inflation for-student expenditure on education in the early 1970s-with little or nothing to show for it, while the unique approach that seems to work is working very hard-more pupil and the parents ' motivation, longer school days, longer school years and more at home.
Bottom-line: my guess is that the author Shapiro dictated much of the book in about 5 minutes-it's just a regurgitation of old wives Tales.
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# 1: Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Sixth Edition

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346, 357 people found the following review helpful: 2.0 attention out of 5 stars! Many pages of corrections have been released!, October 7, 2009 this review is from: Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Sixth Edition (Paperback) I just got my copy. As a Professor of psychology, this text is required for my shelves--the same is true for students in this field. However, I was shocked to learn APA has already released 7 typewritten pages of corrections to this manual, which they will exchange the first print to print the most recent. This is a resource that will be used for years! Waiting to buy until they have been ironed out the kinks and I'm on a second or third printing of the manual! I'm also disappointed that they do not delineate clearly the changes from the 5th Edition. It seems to me that there are some important changes (2 spaces between sentences, etc..). Save your money for at least a couple of months! help other customers find the most useful reviews This review was helpful?

185 196 people found the following review helpful: 1.0 out of 5 stars very disappointed, October 14, 2009 this review is from: Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Sixth Edition (Paperback) I was very angry to find that existed in the 6th Edition of many errors. I also contacted APA regarding errors. They aren't going to exchange the book for a correct edition. They did several lame excuses for mistakes and not replacing it. My second email of APA pointedly expressed my displeasure with their position-copied below ...
Grammar and mistakes of writing a book of grammar and writing is shameful. What really bothers the organization presenting reputation? Do you have editors reviewing your works before publication? Are your editor by paying attention to their work? If you cannot keep you set standards in their publication, and publications should not exist!
If you need this book, require a reprint correct! If you are a University, also a reprint request. This organization should not set standards that they are not going to comply. I give them an "F"
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153 of 163 people found the following review helpful: 1.0 out of 5 stars not to buy, Join the boycott!, October 20, 2009 this review is from: Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Sixth Edition (Paperback) not to buy the first printing of the APA manual, 6th Edition in all circumstances. There are errors on eighty (80) of its pages. How outrageous to a handbook on writing style! As of 20/10/09, APA refuses to exchange their full copies of error with prints second correct. Despite the fact that the list of errors continues to 7 pages, Editorial Director of books APA declared "errors that prevent the use of the manual with full confidence." Many mistakes are sample documents--a part of the manual so that many of us use as a landmark. The abuse of power which is wielding APA students required to purchase this book for classes, along with students and professors who have written in this style of magazines is alarming. APA goes on with its 80 pages of errors in this edition which is in my control, like a real expert who has been intimately involved with every phase of this project, to verify for you without hesitation that the first printing is fully functional, accurate and correct. " As Professor, when can I say to my documents, students gain them 3 APA errors docked 1/2 a letter. If I were to the degree of this APA book, would not only get a F, there aren't enough letters of the alphabet to go low enough for the number of errors that it contains. Meanwhile, APA is happy to take money for the book you know that all we have to buy in many fields of study.
A formal boycott of this edition is in progress on Facebook until APA undertakes to replace the copies of the first edition that people now are stuck with. Join us [...]
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