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When referencing a statistic within a paper/project, cite its source following the applicable style manual.

Example 1

For example if referencing a statistic from an article, cite the article according to convention.

In-Text Citation

"Overall, private-label foods and beverages have crept up to a 20.6 percent share of grocery dollars from 18.7 percent before the pandemic, according to the market research firm Circana." (Creswell, 2023, para. 6).

Reference Citation

Creswell, J. (2023, October 17). Those Doritos too expensive? More stores offer their own alternatives. New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/17/business/private-label-food-groceries.html

Example 2

For example if referencing a statistic from a table, cite the table according to convention.

In-Text Citation

In 2023, Lay's had more than double the sales of any other potato chip brand in the United States (Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery, 2023).

Reference Citation

Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery. (2023, July 27). Sales of the leading potato chip brands of the United States in 2023 (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph]. Statista. https://www.statista.com/statistics/188222/top-potato-chip-brands-in-the-united-states/