Abstract is seen as a first impression, just like before meeting a person. We get some idea about that person from his dressing style, his personality. In the same way we can get to know what is inside a thesis by reading its abstract. That is why first impressions work everywhere to understand something in a better way.
And here, just like we look at a person and start giving our opinion about him. That how would this person be like, extrovert, introvert, peaceful mindset or angry mindset, we infer all this by looking at that person.
Similarly, here also a lot of things are written in abstract, after reading which your guide and the researchers of your academy, who do not have time at all. After reading a little, make an assumption about what you have done in your research work.
Abstract Tell About Your Research: –
Now here in the abstract, main keywords are used, through which many researchers make the assumption. That on which topic you have done your research work.
Due to which you come in the category of all those similar research works, which researchers have done work in the area of those keywords in the past. Due to which it becomes easy for them to categorize your research work.
And many times researchers want to find out by reading your abstract, whether the topic on which you have done research, falls within their area of interest or not.
Now, like you have done your thesis work in the area of some energy resources like solar energy or wind energy, and your researchers are also interested in the same topic, so many times for the convenience of the researchers, everybody reads the abstract first.
And that is why whenever your presentation is held in your department in your academy to explain your research work. An effort is made to explain in which field your research work has been done. Your work is presented in front of the researchers who have completed their thesis in the same field or the students who have been guided by the researcher. So, that the credibility of the research you have done increases further.
An abstract is always written in a few words, where focus is on main keywords of your thesis, by reading those keywords yourself, you can revise your work, on which main keywords you have worked in your thesis. This abstract works like a summary, by which you can review and revise your work in less time.
Components of Good Thesis Abstract:-
Background/Context: –
Here, within 1-2 sentences, you get the background of your entire research, why you have worked on these topics, and why these topics are so important and interesting.
Problem Statement or Research Question: –
Now the core issues are always addressed in the abstract, on which you have done your entire research work.
Methodology: –
Now here in the abstract, it is said that now you have addressed your main issue here. Here all those methods are discussed, with the help of which methods you have started to figure out your research question. Also here you have briefly explained from where you have collected data to remove this problem.
Key Findings or Results: –
Now here the results are briefly explained in your abstract, that this is the solution for this problem. And we have to focus more and more in this area, then we can solve this main problem. Which you have done research work on this problem in your thesis.
Conclusion or Significance: –
Now here we discuss in our abstract, how we will benefit if this problem is solved. And how this work will reduce a problem in our field. We will explain about it here in the abstract.
Tips for better abstract: –
You always have to write your abstract when your research work is complete. And abstract is always written in the end because then you can explain in a better way that how much work you have actually done. On which main keywords you have completed your research work, you can write this properly in your abstract.
Abstract is always written within 150-250 words and it also depends on the university that how many words they want in abstract. You must review your abstract from your guide whether your abstract is written in a better way or not.
And don’t try to write a better abstract in one go, write as well as you can the first time, and later keep writing in a better way. If you feel that you need to remove these lines or words from your abstract, then keep removing those words too. And you will keep doing this refinement slowly, first you should start writing yourself.
Final Conclusion: –
It is important to write this abstract in a better way because the better the abstract is, the better you can force your researcher and guide to read your thesis research work. That’s why the abstract here works as a first impression of your entire thesis research.
That is why you cannot ignore it, because this is the first step from where all the activities of reading your entire thesis begin, when here you are not able to impress the researcher and guide in front of you properly with your abstract, then he should read the rest of your work, then who will try to read the hard work you have done in your thesis.
Therefore be it a thesis or a research paper, you have to write your abstract in the best possible way.