(Adopted Spring, 1999)

• All citations, including literature review, should be in the past tense. "Nixon (1967) said..."
• The tense used in methodology statements (in Chapter III especially) of all proposals should be accurate as to current status of that item. "I will.." or "I have done..."
• Statements using verbs such as "believe" or "feel" should not be used in the following way: "Nixon (1967) felt that..." or Nixon (1967) believed that..." Instead, use a more precise verb: "Nixon (1967) stated that..."
• Avoid the passive voice. The active voice should be used everywhere it fits. Only on rare occasions should the passive voice be used. Change "The data were collected..." to: I collected the data..." or "Respondents provided data..."
• Researchers no longer must strenuously avoid using "I," as was the convention in dissertations written a few years ago.
• Pay particularly close attention to pages 41 ?43 of the APA manual, which discusses the proper use of which?v. what,?while?v. although,?since?v. because,?and issues of parallel construction.

These suggestions hold for quantitative as well as qualitative studies.