Writing abstracts There are three types of abstract: descriptive, informative and critical The qualities of a good abstract are reviewed and some of the common
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Writing abstracts There are three types of abstract: descriptive, informative and critical The qualities of a good abstract are reviewed and some of the common
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06-06991 ² Research Skills
Writing abstracts
There are three types of abstract: descriptive,
informative and critical. The qualities of a good abstract are reviewed and some of the common errors are given. Practical experience is based around some examples of abstracts which are reviewed to see if they follow the guidelines and avoid the common errors.06-06991 ² Research Skills
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Three types of abstract
descriptive abstractsShort - usually less than 100 words.
Includes:
purpose of the work (objectives) method used scope of the work results, conclusions and recommendationsReader will probably have to read the document to
see if it is relevant.06-06991 ² Research Skills
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Three types of abstract
informative abstractsFairly short - from 200 words to a page or more.
Includes:
purpose of the work (objectives) method used scope of the work results conclusions and recommendationsCommunicates the content of the document, so the
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Three types of abstract
critical abstractsSimilar to a review but shorter.
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Qualities of a good informative abstract
Concise
Usually less than 250 words
Structured
The abstract has an introduction-body-conclusion
structure.In engineering, this is sometimes seen as a
situation-problem-solution-evaluation paradigm.06-06991 ² Research Skills
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Qualities of a good informative abstract
Reports the purpose/objectives, method, findings,
conclusions of the paper.Connected
Provides logical connections between the parts of
the abstract.Adds nothing new
Summarizes the paper -
material or analysis. 206-06991 ² Research Skills
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There are a number of very common errors made in
writing descriptive and informative abstracts:Repeat the title
the title (and the more you repeat the title, the more boring it gets and the more space it wastes).06-06991 ² Research Skills
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refer to things outside the abstractThe title and abstract should function as a self-
contained unit - eg they might be used in an indexing and abstracting service like Compendex or ScienceCitation Index.
1999), figures and tables in the paper.
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Use obscure abbreviations and acronyms
You may define abbreviations and acronyms in your text - but the reader will have to read your paper to find out what your abstract is about.
Some abbreviations are OK - eg Nato- but these are little used in computing.quotesdbs_dbs14.pdfusesText_20