Question: What information should a well-written abstract contain?
A well-written abstract is a summary of the study. It is usually about 120 words in length and should do the following: 1) clearly state the study’s topic and purpose; 2) briefly describe the participants involved and materials used in the study; 3) explain what procedures were followed and what statistical analyses were used; and 4) summarize the results of the study and the conclusion drawn from them.
TABLE OF CONTENTS (Appendix №2)
STATEMENT OF INTENT/INTRODUCTION
The Statement of Intent is the first section of your paper that you write, and it is preliminary in nature. In this one- to two-page statement, you identify the topic on which your research will focus. When you write your statement of intent, you will not have completed your literature review, and you will probably not have found your thesis or hypothesis yet. What you can do, though, is explain how you became interested in this topic, what questions and ideas you have with regard to it, and how you might go about doing your research. You may also want to provide general information on the group(s) that you would like to include in your study and the setting(s) in which you would be conducting your research.
I. LITERATURE REVIEW, REFERENCE LIST, AND BIBLIOGRAPHY
The literature review, reference list, and bibliography are the second, third, and fourth sections of your paper that you write. When you do your literature review, you look for information that will help you focus your research question and/or that will corroborate or illustrate key assertions that you make in support of your thesis or hypothesis. Therefore, every book, article, and interview that you include in your review and reference list (Appendix №3) must relate directly to your research. Your bibliography (Appendix №4) will include other references that are related to your research and that are helpful to you but which you do not cite in your literature review. Footnotes appear frequently within the literature review and should be formatted properly: [5,78]. You should organize the information you obtain from secondary sources arranging according to authors.
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