How to write an Abstract for Your Research Paper/Dissertation

How to write an abstract for research paper / Dissertation

 

An abstract is a concise summary of a more extensive piece of work, such as a research paper or dissertation, intended to attract readers to engage with the whole text.

When individuals read our research article, the first thing that they notice is the abstract. The reader will be interested in reading the whole article if it is crystal clear and gets right to the point. It is quite unlikely that anybody will make the effort to read the whole report if the abstract is not noteworthy and interesting.

When writing an abstract, we address the following parts or features of our study work:

a.     Purpose

While writing the abstract of our research work, we first state the purpose of our study and explain why we did it. The purpose of our investigation might be:

i.                 Solving a specific problem

ii.               Exploring the relationship of certain variables

iii.             Testing the theory

iv.             Building a theory

v.               Developing the methods or techniques

b.     Study design/methodology/approach

After outlining the Purpose of our investigation, we describe the sort of research methodology we adopted for the present study. Here, we briefly outline the nature of our research, which is descriptive, exploratory, and explanatory. Examine the population and sample sizes, as well as data gathering and processing methods. The nature of our data, such as whether it is primary or secondary. If we are utilizing primary data, we must additionally specify the procedure used to acquire it, such as a questionnaire or an interview. If we are utilizing secondary data, we specify whether it is time series, cross-sectional, or panel data. Aside from that, we discuss the statistical approach we utilized to examine data.

c.      Findings

Here we provide the findings derived from this investigation. If the objective of our research was to investigate the correlation between certain factors, then we document the actual link between the study variables that we have identified via data analysis. If our objective was to determine the answer to a certain issue, we document the solution that we have discovered via data analysis.

d.     Originality/value

Here, we want to inform our readers on the novelty and significance of our research. If we have conducted a revolutionary study, we note that our research provides novel methods, methodology, or solutions related to a certain topic.