Improving the Clarity of Journal Abstracts in Psychology : The Case for Structure

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  • James Hartley
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Length The structured abstracts were, as expected, longer than the traditional ones. Indeed, they were approximately 30 percent longer, which is 10 percent more than the average 20 percent increase in length reported by Hartley (2002) for nine studies. It is interesting to note, however, that the average Hartley / CLARITY OF JOURNAL ABSTRACTS IN PSYCHOLOGY 371 TABLE 2 The Average Scores and Standard Deviations for the Traditional and the Structured Abstracts on the Main Measures Used in This Study Traditional Structured

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تاریخ انتشار 2003