Which of the following is an accurate APA citation's list of authors?

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Question restatement: Which of the following is an accurate APA citation's list of authors?

Note on available options: The provided data shows an answer field containing one candidate citation: 'Kelly-Weeder, S. E., Philips, K., & Rounseville, S.' but the answer_options array is empty, so there are no alternative choices to compare against.

Reasoning about APA formatting concepts that would apply if options were present:
- In APA style (7th edition), for a work with three authors, the reference entry lists all authors up to seven authors; for three authors, you would include all three names separated by commas, with an ampersand before the final author's name.
- Each author’s name is presented as Last name, Initials with periods. If a surname is hyphenated, the hyphenated form is preserved (e.g., Kelly-Weeder).
- There should be a comma after each author except before the ampersand, which precedes the last author (e.g., Smith, J. A., Doe, R. B., & Brown, C. D.).
- Initials should include a space between initials for the same author (e.g., S. E. rather than S.E.).
- If there were four or more authors, the format would still follow listing the first six, then an ellipsis, then the final author in some contexts under older rules; however, the 7th edition allows listing up to seven authors before stopping, but with three authors this is not a concern.

Applying these concepts to the candidate option:
- 'Kelly-Weeder, S. E., Philips, K., & Rounseville, S.' uses a hyphenated surname (Kelly-Weeder) and initials with periods (S. E., K.), followed by an ampersand before the last author (Rounseville, S.). This aligns with typical APA formatting for a three-author list.
- The presence of an ampersand before the final author is correct for three authors; commas separate the authors, and there is a space after each comma, with proper punctuation.

Because there are no alternative options provided to compare against, a direct option-by-option evaluation cannot be completed. Based on standard APA 7th edition rules, the listed format in the available candidate appears to be a correctly structured author list for a three-author citation.

If there were additional options, we would evaluate each one against these APA conventions: correct surname spelling, accurate use of hyphenation, proper ordering of authors, correct use of initials with periods, and proper use of the ampersand before the last author. Any deviation in these areas would indicate an incorrect option.

NRES_V 150 101 / NRES_V 150 102 / LFS_V 150 003 2025W1 APA Citations

Which of the following is an accurate APA citation's list of authors?

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