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Informative abstracts describe original research. Many abstracts are published alone in abstract journals or in on-line databases; thus, an abstract might serve as the only means by which a researcher finds out about the research conducted. Because of the need for self-contained compactness, an informative abstract must convey the essential aspects and the results of the research. | Abstracts The Writing Center At Rensselaer What is an Abstract An abstract is a stand-alone statement that succinctly conveys the essential information of a paper article document or book. 4508 Sage Lab 518 276-8983 writingcenter@ web writingcenter Developed by John December Maureen Murphy There are two general types of abstracts informative and descriptive each serving different purposes addressing different audiences and containing different kinds of information. Informative Abstracts describe original research. This is the type of abstract you will use for your Master s Thesis and Dissertation. Descriptive Abstracts are general descriptions of a longer document. This is the type of abstract you will use for field reports long papers business reports and conference proposals. Revised 02 03 Informative Abstracts Informative abstracts describe original research. Many abstracts are published alone in abstract journals or in on-line databases thus an abstract might serve as the only means by which a researcher finds out about the research conducted. Because of the need for self-contained compactness an informative abstract must convey the essential aspects and the results of the research. What goes in an abstract An abstract should provide an overview of the original study including objective methods results conclusions An abstract should not contain background information a literature review detailed description of methods or have references to other literatures if absolutely necessary use a full citation . What style is used for an abstract The style of an abstract should be concise and clear. Readers do not expect the abstract to have the same sentence structure flow of a paper. Rather the abstract s wording should be very direct. To achieve this you should avoid connective phrases avoid repetitions In all cases refer to the study itself and not the document you have written. A description of the document is used in a descriptive abstract. use .

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