The Abstract development stage is a tremendously exciting moment in the research process, and here at Nfojo Research, our dissertation consultants have developed a unique and comprehensive approach to supporting our clients as they finalize their work.

There are four major structural components, each making up a part of the 150 to 350 words that are typically written in dissertation abstracts:


Study background and significance

• What is the purpose of the research?
• Why did you carry out the research?
• How is the study significant? Why should anyone care or why do they care (is the study interesting)?

Components of your research strategy

• What research design guided your study?
• What was the scope of your study?
• What research methods did you use?
• What were the main ideas, constructs and/or variables that you examined, measured, controlled and/or ignored?
• What was your unit of analysis?
• What was your sample (and population)?
• What analysis techniques did you use to arrive at your findings?

Major findings

• Did the findings answer your research questions and/or hypotheses?
• What did the findings show in terms of these research questions and/or hypotheses?
• What are the most important findings?
• What is the significance of your findings?
• To what extent are your findings trustworthy (i.e., reliable, generalisable, consistent, dependable, etc.)?

Conclusions

• What has been learned?
• What are the implications of the findings?
• Is there potential for generalisation of your findings?
• What are the limitations of your research?