The role of spatial and typographic cues in the layout of journal references.
Fifteen American and 15 British readers used the method of paired comparisons to assess 12 different ways of presenting reference lists in social science journals. The results indicated - despite British preferences for British styles - that the spatial arrangements of elements in the list was the major determinant of preference, and that the presence of a typographic cue only enhanced a preference for a particular layout.
Hartley
J
J
Department of Psychology, University of Keele, USA.
Trueman
M
M
Burnhill
P
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