Homework Responses Wk 5

Good afternoon class, 

The abstract is a brief summary of your paper that is at the beginning of the paper. This allows the reader to decide if they want to spend the time reading your paper or not. The abstract is also used for indexing whenever the paper is published, this allows researchers to quickly sort through the masses of research available. The abstract should include the problem that your paper is addressing, the methods and designs that were used to collect data for your research, you must identify numbers and the populations in which your data came from, and the analytical process and implications of your research. The abstract should be limited to 150-250 words. 

Following the abstract is your introduction. It is best to start your paper with a narrative hook. A narrative hook is what reels in the reader and what makes them want to read your paper. It is best that you word your introduction in a way that a non expert reader can understand what follows in the research. The introduction should be very specific and clearly written in a way that allows the reader to asses whether or not your research is pertinent to them. Due to the fact that you want your abstract and introduction very clear and direct, you want to avoid using rhetorical questions in these sections of the paper. 

Sources:

Sources

Adapting to your audience. (2016). Retrieved from http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/guide.cfm?guideid=19.

Koopman, P. (1997). How to Write an Abstract. Carnegie Mellon University. Retrieved from https://users.ece.cmu.edu/~koopman/essays/abstract.html. Lancaster, F.W. (2003). Indexing and abstracting in theory and practice. (3rd ed.). London, England: Facet.