E-commerce
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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) 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. Also copy and paste the original copy of the abstract in the word document at the beginning of your assessment before beginning the assessment and then follow with the corrected abstract.
SAMPLE ANSWER
Original Abstract
With the explosion of the e-commerce in the past decade, different buying patterns
and preferences have emerged for customer groups and other demographics. These patterns have been measured and collected by numerous independent marketing, business and even academic studies to understand how consumers connect with the new adventure of e-commerce. As the internet and online shopping is growing at a very fast pace worldwide, investigating this trend within Bangladeshi context is crucial considering that it is a relatively new trend in the country, the result is a lack of literature. This paper consists of the groundwork with a brief introduction of recent trends in e-commerce on people of Bangladesh; particularly its impact on university undergraduate students in Sylhet region. This has been followed by their general perceptions and preferences of the online shopping including products and website selection. Each of these e-commerce “characteristic” is compared to information combined from survey questions and open-ended discussions with a small sample group of university students at undergraduate level in Sylhet region. It also investigates into positive as well as negative website characteristics and sum up the favorable elements into a description of an e-commerce website that would suitable to the group being studied. Findings have been presented by means of the formation identified during the data analysis, indicated that an increasing number of the students at undergraduate level are now using the internet for purchase. It also observed that between male and female students, male students are purchasing products online more than female students. Although student’s participation is increasing, there are some limitations for what the potential numbers of students are not able to purchase via online (Rahaman et al., 2015)
Abstract Revision
The format in which the author included references is not in agreement with the APA Publication Manual. The Author of the research paper mentioned the problem addressed in the study. The research is about the present trends in e-commerce as seen in a sample of undergraduate university students in the Sylhet region of Bangladesh. The Author indicated through contextual analysis the main purpose of the study. The objective of the study being to show the potential of e-commerce (Harris, 2006).
The author provided some information about population, sample or subjects of the study. The subjects of the study include undergraduate university students in the region of Sylhet in Bangladesh. A summary of key results, as witnessed in the abstract of the research paper, is provided although very briefly (Beins, 2012).I analyzed the article and discovered that it was not an essay, typology, opinion paper or synthesis of past studies. Rather, it was an abstract of a research paper, of which I assured to be an original work of research that was carried out. However, I found the abstract to be longer than one paragraph and single spaced.
Revised Abstract
E-commerce has been adopted successfully in the past decade. It has caused the emergence of likes and numerous buying cycles for a variety of consumer groups and other factors of the population. The information being inferred from the study of consumer trends is used to understand how buyers relate to the advent of e-commerce. This research paper examines the effect of this new trend in Bangladeshi, but there is a hindrance of published materials. The paper introduces new and emerging trends in Bangladeshi, the effect it has on the undergraduate university students in Sylhet region.
Inquiries into the positive and negative characteristics of the websites adding the active elements to come up with a perfect image of e-commerce that relates to the sample being researched. Results show that an increasing number of undergraduate students mainly use the internet for shopping. Also noted, was the fact that more male students were buying goods online than their female counterparts. However, there exist some demerits of e-commerce, although the number of pupils participating in online shopping is rising steadily.
References
Beins, B., & Beins, A. (2012). Effective writing in psychology: Papers, posters, and presentations. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.
Harris, M. J. (2006). Three steps to teaching abstract and critique writing. International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 17(2), 136-146.
Rahaman, M. (n.d.). Online Shopping Trends, Pattens and Preferences of University undergraduate students: A Survey Study on Sylhet region. Retrieved March 29, 2015, from http://publicationslist.org/data/gdeb/ref-8/GDEB_6.5.pdf
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