An APA-style paper includes the following sections: title page, abstract, introduction, method, results, discussion, and references. Your paper may also include one or more tables and/or figures. Different types of information about your study are addressed in each of the sections, as described below. General formatting rules are as follows:

To write an outline: Determine what points to include in your paper. Organize your points in a logical order. Group points into main topics and subtopics within those main topics. If your paper will use headings, include them as points in your outline. Topics do not need to be headings; they may just be paragraphs.