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Writing Conventions for APA Style

APA 7 favours active voice for researcher actions

APA 7 explicitly recommends using "We conducted" or "I hypothesized" rather than passive constructions ("It was hypothesized by the authors").

Title capitalization rules in APA 7

Title case capitalizes all words of 4+ letters, as well as both words in hyphenated compounds and terms following a colon.

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