Of course you can write an extended abstract for your thesis-book at any stage. It can only give you direction and great rewards for your research, with little effort. Regard it as a working abstract, that you revise as you discover things.

You should only use the literature review as a starting springboard for doing your own Research on Fuzzy SWOT. The review is seldom an end in itself. You must now get your plan together to ask a research question, and get the data to answer that question.

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No. Abstract has to be written in the beginning of the paper. Though the abstract is physically placed in the beginning of the paper, it has to be written after the research work is completed as it summarizes what was done, why it was done and how it was done along with the conclusions.

Of course you can write an extended abstract for your thesis-book at any stage. It can only give you direction and great rewards for your research, with little effort. Regard it as a working abstract, that you revise as you discover things.

You should only use the literature review as a starting springboard for doing your own Research on Fuzzy SWOT. The review is seldom an end in itself. You must now get your plan together to ask a research question, and get the data to answer that question.

Though it's very difficult to write a complete abstract in the middle of a research, especially, if you do not get the findings of you research. Without your findings you cannot highlight the contribution of your research.

I always write my abstracts at the end of my research process.

How would you like the last paragraph of your abstract to look after you have finished collecting and analysing your own data? Write this draft paragraph to direct your attention to the data and analysis you need. Surely your review has pointed out gaps and contradictions that you need to investigate??

I do not think so. If I collected the data, made analysis, wrote research results etc. of course there will be no gaps and contradictions.

The abstract, and conclusion sections are usually written after completing a research article.This is to correctly, and completely illustrate your article. However, it is known that some conferences ask researchers to submit the abstracts of researches in their early stage. In that case, you may prepare an abstract that includes an overview of the main topic, the main objectives, and the expected outcomes. Later when your research is complete, then you can amend the abstract.

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Well, the abstract is to summarize the whole research in short paragraphs. Usually, the abstract is (1) to start with short introduction to your topic, (2) why is your research? (3) summery for what you have done so far (4) state your results or what you have found.

Back to your question. Can you write an abstract at the middle of your research process? If you got all the previous key points in hand, then you can write the abstract at any stage. So, if you are asked to submit an initial abstract for a conference paper, then you may do before to write the whole paper. However, if you are writing a thesis or project, the abstract is sound to be written at the end.

Sometimes, people have a general idea for their research topic and methodology. They can write an abstract at the beginning stating their expected methodology flow and expected research results.

Of Course you can use literature reviews as research methodology. Of course there are rules also to do this. A literature review of a specific theme or research question can reveal many things. Once you have done with your literature review you will be able to answer many fundamental questions about your research project in mind. e.g. does this area or topic of knowledge has been investigated enough? How I can contribute to a research problem? Does my research project in mind can add something more to the body of scientific knowledge. Can I offer a different perspective on the subject matter or area of investication? and more....

You can also do a meta analysis of the existing literature, as long as the body of knowledge for the specific topic in mind has enough publications (and similar designs). In that case you need to reed some textbooks how to do meta analysis.

Regarding the writing of an Abstract prior or after depents on you. Abstract is actually the summarization of your research, the methods, the findings etc. with a simple, easy to understand words, especially for those researchers that work on similar concepts of research. A well written Abstract makes your research more "visible" to other researchers and is a gateway for your papper to be discovered and sited more (along with key words).

An Extendent Abstract is of course a paragraph somewere in the body of your article but don't label it as "Extendent" Abstract. You can always find a "nice" or convinient title to incorporate this into the body... :-)))

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'Abstract' means 'in brief' or 'summary'. In a paragraph of about 300 -500 words, it describes the pupose of research work, it's importance, methodology and important findinds. This is required for publishing a paper in a reputed Journal.

'Extended Abstract' is a draft copy of 'Abstract'. It is written for Theis work, Internal Reports, etc where there is no restriction on length of the thesis or report.

The researcher's work appears throughout the research

In my opinion, yes!! You can write an extended abstract depending on your current research status.

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Can I write an extended abstract in the middle of my researching process?

Depends on the objective of your abstract. If the abstract is encompassing on what you'd researched / completed to date e.g. you'd completed: research problem, research objectives, research questions, literature review, conceptual framework / research model & research methods, you can write the abstract on this as well as an article for publication. For an example, you can refer to the following RG link - I call this as a conceptual paper i.e. without going through the data collection or any empirical evidence yet.

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If your objective is to write a complete abstract encompasses end to end research cycle, then you need to wait till completed the following sections: result findings, discussion & conclusion.

How can you write the abstract before the analysis, discovery and interpretation of findings?

An abstract is simply a brief summary of the question, the method, the findings and the meaning. As a member of many editorial boards and a reviewer for many journals I want an abstract to allow readers to quickly decide if the full paper is something they want to dig into and from which key words are drawn for Internet and other methods of search and classification of the paper.

If your professional society has meetings in which abstracts are published, then the abstract that you would publish (not as completed research) could, I suppose, clearly state it to be a "work in progress". Sometimes this can draw attention to a novel or innovative methodology and gain good feedback to the investigator before there is a major investment in data collection. Other applications of a "work in progress" abstract would be to entertain input into the meaning of analyses, the strengths and weaknesses of the broader literature or methods used in other studies. New controversies could also be raised here.....but publishing a "work in progress" abstract could also draw new players into a competitive field. In my experience, nearly every good question became a competitive challenge for resources with which to engage the study. Or, in the words of one of my mentors, "Good questions ain't free, you know!"

Professor Rechard provided excellent explanation.