Numbering Appendices

[sophie_1003]

Have had a quick Google but it just comes up with advice of how to use Word when numbering appendices; all I want to know is should each appendix start at number 1 or should it go all the way through? So should Appendix A be numbered 1-4 then Appendix B 1-5 or should Appendix B start at 5. Alternatively, is it completely up to me?

[Nini74]

i'm not sure there's any particular rule about this to be honest, but my personal method would be that each appendix start at number 1, otherwise not much point in having different appendices x

[sophie_1003]

Thank you! That's what I had done anyway, am so terrified of it all being wrong and being marked down for it lol!

[Buenchico]

Unless there's a particular reason to adopt continuous numbering, you should start each list, within an appendix, at number 1.

In many academic works there is no direct connection between the contents of the first appendix and the second one. For example, a study might be based upon interviewing members of the public. Appendix 1 (or A) could list the questions which were asked, from 1 to 20, but Appendix B might contain a list of references to other works. It would be illogical to start that list at number 21, as the items in that list are unrelated to the interview questions.

The only time that numbering should be continuous would be where it was clearly logical to do so. For example Appendix 1 might list the questions in an interview which were asked about respondents' home circumstances, from 1 to 10. If Appendix B then listed the succeeding questions (about, say, the respondents' academic qualifications) from the SAME interview it would be logical to commence the numbering from 11.

Chris

[DaisyNonna]

Had mine removed years ago. Luckily only one. If I had to number them I would just start at one and continue numerically. Much the simpler option.

[sophie_1003]

Ta Chris!
Lol Daisy!