This week you are going to write an informative abstract. This page will appear after your Table of Contents in your research paper (Natural Disasters versus Man-made Disasters). (See page 522 for an example.) The informative abstract should be an overview of your full project.

The informative abstract must:

identify the need(s) or issue(s) that prompted the report,

describe the research methods used,

review the main findings (data gathered from your questionnaire and review of literature), and

condense the conclusions and recommendation