APA Style 7th Edition: Citing Your Sources

[Description of untitled data set] [Unpublished raw data].

Source of Unpublished Data.

Retrieved Month date, year, from https://xxxx

Adapted from American Psychological Association. (2020). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed). https://doi.org/10.1037/0000165-000

Formatting Rules

• Provide a retrieval date only if the data set is designated to change over time
• Date for published data is the year of publication
• Date for unpublished data is the year(s) of collection
• If version number exists, include in parentheses after the title

Various Examples

Cohen, M. A., & Miller, T. R. (1991). Cost of mental health care for victims of crime in the United States (ICPSR 6581, Version V1) [Data set]. ICPSR. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06581.v1

Unpublished raw data

Evans, S. K. (2014). [Personnel survey] [Unpublished raw data]. University of Southern California.

See Ch. 10 pp. 313-352 of APA Manual for more examples and formatting rules