How to Write an Abstract for a Dissertation
Dissertation abstract, also known as dissertation summary, is the very first piece of work that your course instructor and readers come across in your PhD or masters dissertation. Therefore, it is always better to write a unique, concise, and impressive abstract to grab the attention of the ready at first glance. A perfect and idea abstract dissertation abstract never exceeds one page. It is actually a crux of your over all dissertation. It contains the flavors of the contents of your dissertation, including statement of problem, research methodologies, results, and finding of research, conclusion, and recommendations. Writing a dissertation abstract is the more difficult than writing rest of the dissertation, as you have to conclude the overall task within one page which makes about 275 to 300 words.
Instructions
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Set the page margins
Leave 1 ¼-inch margin on the top and bottom of an A-4 size word page. Now, leave 1 inch margin on the right side of the page and 1 ½ on the left side in order to allow binding. -
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Bring the heading to the centre
Now, in the center of the page, write “Abstract” as a heading. -
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Set the line spacing
Set your line spacing at double, using the same typeface as the abstract of your dissertation ideally consist of 400 to 500 words, no longer. -
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Include all key term of dissertation
Make sure to include all the key terms of your dissertation. -
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Mention main aim of your dissertation
Next, explain what is the main problem you dissertation is attempting to solve through the dissertation. Make sure to clearly explain the hypothesis or the main argument of your dissertation that what the aim of writing it is. -
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Summarize the methodologies of your dissertation
The next part of the dissertation abstract should explain the various research methodologies used in the dissertation. -
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Mention the outcomes of your research
The following section of your dissertation abstract states and explains the outcomes of the research methodologies. -
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State the significance of your dissertation
Last but not the least, the concluding section of the dissertation abstract explains they how the findings of the conducted research relates and add to the secondary data (already conducted research).
