How to structure your ABSTRACT (Guidelines)

PURPOSE AND MOTIVATION 

Identity your purpose and  motivation for doing this research.

. What made you decide to do this motivation for doing this study or project? 

• Why is this study important to your research. field or to the lay reader? 

• Why should someone read your entire paper? 

 

PROBLEM 

Explain the specific problem you are addressing. 

• What is your research trying to better understand or what problem is it trying to solve? 

. What is the scope of your study-does it try to explain something general or specific? 

• What is your central claim or argument? 

APPROACH

Discuss your approach; include methods and materials. 

• Detail your research-methods/type of the study, variables, and extent of work 

• Briefly present evidence to support your claim 

• Highlight your most important sources 

RESULTS 

Summarize your results

• What did your study yield in concrete terms ? 

• How did results compare to your hypothesis? 

• Where there highly unexpected Summarize your results.