Diagnóstico del conocimiento de normas APA para referenciar citas bibliográficas en los estudiantes de la carrera de Contabilidad y Auditoría.

Abstract

The purpose of this research work is to determine the level of knowledge of APA regulations in the students of the Accounting and Audit career of the Technical University of Machala for the writing of research papers; These norms have their origin in the year 1929 when the psychologists, anthropologists and administrators agree to establish the parameters that encode the components of writing, contributing to the understanding of reading; The methodology applied is of a quantitative descriptive nature since the information collected is tabulated and analyzed according to the results obtained, which allows us to establish which writing parameters are best known by the students and which factors have more attention, specifically, the students used to serve the writing standards, however; there are limitations to differentiate particular situations that are studied in their relevant part; At the end of the work, the respective conclusions will be left that will serve as support for new investigations that will improve the correctness of their writing.