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Purpose
& Audience for the Informative Abstract
Many
abstracts from papers are published alone in abstract journals or
in on-line databases. Thus, an abstract might serve as the only
means by which a researcher finds out the information in a paper.
You
will, thus, need to include the essential information which researchers
will need make a decision whether to read your paper. When writing
the abstract, keep this audience in mind, thinking about their information
needs, interests, and knowledge.
Because
of the need for self-contained compactness, an informative abstract
must convey the essential aspects and the results of the research.
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