Structured and Unstructured Patterns of Abstracts in the 7th Phayao Research Conference 2018
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Pattern, structured abstract, unstructured abstract, Abstract ElementsAbstract
The present study aims to investigate the structured and unstructured abstracts and patterns of abstracts in the 7th Phayao Research Conference 2018. This survey uses a content analysis method. Data were collected through the study of 255 abstracts of research consisting of 97 poster presentation from disciplines of Health Science, Science and technology, and Social Sciences, 158 abstracts from oral presentation comprising of 3 disciplines including Health Science, Science and technology, and Social Sciences presented in the in 7th Phayao Research Conference 2018. Findings showed that their 255 pieces were unstructured abstracts. Regarding abstract pattern based on APA style and Ketcham's pattern, 89 abstracts from social science disciplines consist of 4 elements; P- Purpose (s), M- Methodology, R – Results, C-conclusions (PMRC), 3, and 2 components. The pattern PMR is the most frequent pattern (75 occurrences or 84.26 %) whereas abstracts from Health Science, Science, and technology have 5 elements ; B - Background of knowledge , P- Purpose (s) , M- Methodology , R – Results , C-conclusions (BPMRC) followed by 4, 3, and 2 components respectively with 68 occurrences of PMR pattern (40.96 %), respectively.
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