{"id":2073,"date":"2017-11-07T23:26:23","date_gmt":"2017-11-07T23:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/uncategorized\/what-needs-to-be-included-in-an-abstract-246\/"},"modified":"2019-09-24T10:34:41","modified_gmt":"2019-09-24T10:34:41","slug":"what-needs-to-be-included-in-an-abstract-246","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/social-sciences\/what-needs-to-be-included-in-an-abstract-246\/","title":{"rendered":"Abstracts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Question<\/h2>\n

What needs to be included in an abstract?<\/p>\n

Answer<\/h2>\n

There are actually two types of abstract; a descriptive abstract and an informative abstract. A descriptive abstract is much shorter than an informative abstract; a descriptive abstract will typically only be one or two sentences long, whereas an informative abstract would be a fully formed paragraph. A descriptive abstract just needs to include the main topic of the paper and an overview of the contents of the paper. For example, \u2018This research analyses use of social media marketing in the UK and provides conclusions and recommendations for the future of its use in the UK\u2019. On the other hand, an informative abstract needs to be provide more detail about the research paper. An informative abstract needs to include a couple of sentences providing background information such as the context of the study, the aims of the study, a couple of sentences explaining the methods used, a couple of sentences explaining the main findings of the research and finally, the abstract should end with a couple of sentences explaining the main conclusion from the research.<\/p>\n

References<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There are actually two types of abstract; a descriptive abstract and an informative abstract. A descriptive abstract is much shorter than…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1943,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nAbstracts<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"There are actually two types of abstract; a descriptive abstract and an informative abstract. A descriptive abstract is much shorter than...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/social-sciences\/what-needs-to-be-included-in-an-abstract-246\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Abstracts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"There are actually two types of abstract; a descriptive abstract and an informative abstract. A descriptive abstract is much shorter than...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/social-sciences\/what-needs-to-be-included-in-an-abstract-246\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ask an Academic\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Ask-an-Academic-571412300039347\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-11-07T23:26:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-09-24T10:34:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/social-sciences.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"751\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"AskanAcademic.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"AskanAcademic.com\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Abstracts","description":"There are actually two types of abstract; a descriptive abstract and an informative abstract. A descriptive abstract is much shorter than...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/social-sciences\/what-needs-to-be-included-in-an-abstract-246\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Abstracts","og_description":"There are actually two types of abstract; a descriptive abstract and an informative abstract. A descriptive abstract is much shorter than...","og_url":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/social-sciences\/what-needs-to-be-included-in-an-abstract-246\/","og_site_name":"Ask an Academic","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Ask-an-Academic-571412300039347\/","article_published_time":"2017-11-07T23:26:23+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-09-24T10:34:41+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":751,"url":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/social-sciences.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"AskanAcademic.com","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"AskanAcademic.com","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/social-sciences\/what-needs-to-be-included-in-an-abstract-246\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/social-sciences\/what-needs-to-be-included-in-an-abstract-246\/"},"author":{"name":"AskanAcademic.com","@id":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/#\/schema\/person\/88d510b2a53ef0ce64579418a0c55dde"},"headline":"Abstracts","datePublished":"2017-11-07T23:26:23+00:00","dateModified":"2019-09-24T10:34:41+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/social-sciences\/what-needs-to-be-included-in-an-abstract-246\/"},"wordCount":186,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/social-sciences\/what-needs-to-be-included-in-an-abstract-246\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/social-sciences.jpg","articleSection":["Social Sciences"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/social-sciences\/what-needs-to-be-included-in-an-abstract-246\/","url":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/social-sciences\/what-needs-to-be-included-in-an-abstract-246\/","name":"Abstracts","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/social-sciences\/what-needs-to-be-included-in-an-abstract-246\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/social-sciences\/what-needs-to-be-included-in-an-abstract-246\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/social-sciences.jpg","datePublished":"2017-11-07T23:26:23+00:00","dateModified":"2019-09-24T10:34:41+00:00","description":"There are actually two types of abstract; a descriptive abstract and an informative abstract. A descriptive abstract is much shorter than...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/social-sciences\/what-needs-to-be-included-in-an-abstract-246\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/social-sciences\/what-needs-to-be-included-in-an-abstract-246\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/social-sciences\/what-needs-to-be-included-in-an-abstract-246\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/social-sciences.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/social-sciences.jpg","width":1280,"height":751,"caption":"Crowd of people"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/social-sciences\/what-needs-to-be-included-in-an-abstract-246\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Abstracts"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/","name":"Ask an Academic","description":"Academic Q&A","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/#organization","name":"Ask an Academic","url":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/aaa-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/aaa-logo.png","width":1677,"height":1677,"caption":"Ask an Academic"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Ask-an-Academic-571412300039347\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/#\/schema\/person\/88d510b2a53ef0ce64579418a0c55dde","name":"AskanAcademic.com","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/be2c5b73f861f961c4a7fd212308b6a5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/be2c5b73f861f961c4a7fd212308b6a5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"AskanAcademic.com"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/askanacademic.com"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2073"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}