EAPP (writing an abstract, precis or summary

Question 1

What are the research abstract?

Answer 1

Rationale (around 20%)​
Research problems (around 10%)​
Methodology (around 20%)​
Major findings (around 40%)​
Conclusion and implications (around 10%)​

Question 2

• are used throughout the research community to provide a concise description about a research project. It is typically a short summary of your completed research.​
• does not use any citation, specific result statistics, and is last to be written. ​
• usually contains 150 to 300 words.​

Answer 2

research abstract

Question 2

outlines the topics covered in a piece of writing so the reader can decide whether to read the entire document.​

Answer 2

descriptive abstract

Question 2

readily present the key ideas and major findings of the study (e.g. research papers)​

Answer 2

summative abstract

Question 2

what are the kinds of abstract?

Answer 2

• descriptive abstract
• summative abstract

Question 3

• is a short summary for non-research academic text. ​
• generally condenses information into 15 to 30 percent of the original text.​
• Main ideas are combined using cohesive devices. ​
• Name of the author and the title of the article are indicated in the first sentence.

Answer 3

precis / summary