It is important to use APA Style formatting in a research report because it provides a guideline of how a paper must be prepared, and ensure uniformity and clarity maintained in the research report. It provides ideas that must be clearly expressed, organized and presented in a visually pleasing way. The research report should adhere to the APA style guidelines because not using APA can obscure ideas because of grammatically incorrect sentences, typographical errors, and misuse words (Bordens & Abbott, 2018).