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==Citations==
I think the writers of this article should not only cite the books they used in writing the article (which they seem to have done), but also that they cite which sentences/paragraphs came from which texts. As I understand, citing sources is not just listing the book, but also citing the source ''in context'', that is, in the article text. For example, in APA style, if I were to say "Computer-adaptive tests were first used in 1980," I would follow the sentence by citing the name of the author and the year of publication, like so: "(Michels, 2000)." In this article, nothing comparable to that is done. If I question the factual accuracy of a sentence or paragraph, I don't know which source to look at in the reference list. This is why many articles, such as [[Normal curve equivalent]], use a reference style that cites particular sources for the statements in question. That is why I added the <nowiki>{{references}}</nowiki> template to the top of the article. There may be references cited at the end of the article, but not within the text. – [[User:Chris53516|Chris53516]] <sup>([[User talk:Chris53516|Talk]])</sup> 16:38, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
:Chris, do you question the accuracy of any sentence in this article? I wrote most of the words in this article without reference to any work because this article relates common psychometric knowledge. There is nothing to cite (well, I should dig up the van der Linder citation for shadow testing). I disagree with your interpretation of the APA standards... feel free to cite the sentences in the 5TH ed. manual which supports your perspective. I might also be persuaded if you could come up with an example written in APA format (the Normal curve equivalent article is not). But bear in mind that APA manuscripts generally are research or review documents requiring support for assertions and conclusions--APA format was not intended for explaining common knowledge.[[User:Amead|Amead]] 20:20, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
::According to Wikipedia policy, information must be verifiable and we must cite our sources. An encyclopedia is not written from common knowledge, but from research. See [[Wikipedia:Verifiability]] and [[Wikipedia:Citing sources]]. We need to find better sources of verifiable information, other than a particular user's views, common knowledge, or opinion.
::I did not say that it needed to be in APA, that was just an example of a good way to cite sources. I used an example in a sentence above. I ''never'' said that the [[Normal curve equivalent|NCE]] article was in APA style, I said it used ''a'' reference style. The NCE article uses references that links a statement to a source listed at the end of the article. That was my point in using that page as an example. It uses ''another'' way of citing sources. I like and use it because it makes every statement verifiable by linking it to a citation or an online reference. Both APA and this "Wikipedia" style cite sources for every claim. And that's what we need to do in this article to make it better. So, stop removing the template until this is done. – [[User:Chris53516|Chris53516]] <sup>([[User talk:Chris53516|Talk]])</sup> 20:38, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
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