Abstract

Review this information about writing an abstract for an IMRaD paper Links to an external site. from George Mason University's Writing Center and the Purdue OWL's "Writing Scientific Abstracts Presentation Links to an external site.." Consult the abstracts of academic papers you used for your own research as models. Then, compose an abstract for your Research Paper that is 200–300 words. The breakdown we used in class may be useful:

• 1–2 introduction sentences that explain your topic, purpose, research question(s)
• 1–2 methods sentences that discuss the approach you took and the data you analyzed
• 1–2 findings sentences that discuss what your study revealed
• 1–2 implications sentences that discuss your findings’ import or relevance
• 1 extension sentence about possible directions for future research

The commented examples below from previous students also may be helpful:

• Example 1 Download Example 1
• Example 2 Download Example 2
• Example 3 Download Example 3