# APA Style Greek Symbols in R Markdown

#1

As a default, markdown creates Greek Symbols in italics. This is problematic as I have to work in APA style which explicitly requires non-italicized values. Does anyone have a solution here - even packages designed to produce APA style are getting this wrong.

$\eta^{2}$ = .72


#2

I get a non italic shape when I render. Are you sure it's not just the latin modern font?

#3

#4

When I render a markdown document with $eta = 1$, I get a non-italic eta in the Latin Modern font.

Please provide a minimal example of the document that compiles to render an italic symbol.

(Also you should consider \eta^{2} = .72 to get better spacing around the equals sign.)

#5

Regardless of font, the following piece Knits to italics on the eta value. Below is complete markdown code that will reproduce the issue

The tutorial group (M = 9.0, SD = 1.0) scored highest, followed by the lecture (M = 7.0, SD = 1.5) and discussion groups (M = 4.8, SD = 0.8), F(2, 12) = 15.8, p < .001, \eta^{2} = .72.