Use of words and phrases from full text in abstracts

Craven, Timothy C.

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“…First, an earlier study (Craven, 1991a) had shown little use in abstracts of longer verbatim word sequences from full texts. First, an earlier study (Craven, 1991a) had shown little use in abstracts of longer verbatim word sequences from full texts.…”

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2000

J. Am. Soc. Inf. Sci.

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Experimental subjects wrote abstracts of articles using a simplified version of the TEXNET abstracting assistance software. In addition to the full text, subjects were presented with either keywords or phrases extracted automatically. The resulting abstracts, and the times taken, were recorded automatically; some additional information was gathered by oral questionnaire. Selected abstracts produced were evaluated on various criteria by independent raters. Results showed considerable variation among subjects, but 37% found the keywords or phrases "quite" or "very" useful in writing their abstracts. Statistical analysis failed to support several hypothesized relations: phrases were not viewed as significantly more helpful than keywords; and abstracting experience did not correlate with originality of wording, approximation of the author abstract, or greater conciseness. Requiring further study are some unanticipated strong correlations including the following: Windows experience and writing an abstract like the author's; experience reading abstracts and thinking one had written a good abstract; gender and abstract length; gender and use of words and phrases from the original text. Results have also suggested possible modifications to the TEXNET software.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Craven¹

2000

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2000

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Experimental subjects wrote abstracts of articles using a simplified version of the TEXNET abstracting assistance software. In addition to the full text, subjects were presented with either keywords or phrases extracted automatically. The resulting abstracts, and the times taken, were recorded automatically; some additional information was gathered by oral questionnaire. Selected abstracts produced were evaluated on various criteria by independent raters. Results showed considerable variation among subjects, but 37% found the keywords or phrases “quite” or “very” useful in writing their abstracts. Statistical analysis failed to support several hypothesized relations: phrases were not viewed as significantly more helpful than keywords; and abstracting experience did not correlate with originality of wording, approximation of the author abstract, or greater conciseness. Requiring further study are some unanticipated strong correlations including the following: Windows experience and writing an abstract like the author's; experience reading abstracts and thinking one had written a good abstract; gender and abstract length; gender and use of words and phrases from the original text. Results have also suggested possible modifications to the TEXNET software.

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Presentation of repeated phrases in a computer-assisted abstracting tool kit

Craven

2001

Information Processing & Management

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Use of words and phrases from full text in abstracts

Cited by 4 publications

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Abstracts produced using computer assistance

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Presentation of repeated phrases in a computer-assisted abstracting tool kit

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