Research Study Article

Abstract Revision

Select one of the research study articles that you found, giving preference to one that has an abstract that falls short of APA standards. (You will find these standards noted in the APA Publication Manual sections and by the course text readings cited in this week’s Resources.) Use the following questions as a guide to asses the abstract, and then rewrite the abstract accordingly:

•Did the author include a reference to the research study using a format consistent with the APA Publication Manual?

•Did the author mention the problem addressed within the study?

•Did the author state the central purpose of the study?

•Is information about the sample, population, or subjects provided?

•Are the key results summarized?

•Is the journal article clearly a report of a research study (instead of an essay, opinion paper, typology, or synthesis of past research)?

•Is the abstract no longer than a short paragraph (i.e., less than 1 double-spaced page)?

Be sure to submit the text of the original abstract, your brief assessment based on the above questions, and your revised abstract to your Instructor. If you are unable to copy and paste the original abstract into your document, you may provide your Instructor with the full article citation, noting the database in the Walden Library from which you retrieved this article.