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Purposes of RA abstracts
A brief lecture introduces the purpose of RA abstracts.
Introduction
- Why is the study?
- What is the background and context?
- What previous findings have taught us?
- What is the objective?
- What is the problem this study attempt to solve?
- What is the scope of the study?
- What is the main argument/claim?
Method
- How did you do the study & why?
Results
- What were your results?
Discussion
- What do the results mean for the wider world?
- What is the implications of the results?
- Why should the reader care?
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