We present differential cross sections and complete sets of polarization-transfer coefficients, D i j , obtained in the 13 C(p ជ ,n ជ ) 13 N reaction studied at 197 MeV incident proton energy and laboratory angles between 0°and 33°. These complete sets of polarization observables are used to obtain spin-longitudinal and spin-transverse components for transitions to the ground state, to the first, and to the unresolved second and third excited states in 13 N at 2.36 MeV and (3.50ϩ3.55) MeV, respectively. The results are used to obtain the two ⌬J contributions for the ground and first excited state transitions and are compared with corresponding distorted-wave impulse approximation ͑DWIA͒ calculations. In particular, empirical angular distribution values for the unique spin-longitudinal ⌬Jϭ0 Ϫ transition to the first excited state in 13 N are obtained and compared with DWIA calculations.