DodgyPutter: Robert it seems a reasonable summary (no idea why you suggest suggest he doesn't know what an abstact is) of a Five month study to me. Anyway a good abstract is not in the length but in the quality i.e containing the required components: short intro, method, outcome and conclusion. It does that very well
I say that because abstracts are never that long. See document (link below) titled "How To Write An Abstract":
https://users.ece.cmu.edu/~koopman/essays/abstract.html
What ed posted is more of a research proposal. Abstracts include brief statements regarding the following components of one's research:
- Motivation
- Problem Statement
- Approach
- Results
- Conclusions
As the author at the link I provided states (emphasis added):
Meet the word count limitation. If your abstract runs too long, either it will be rejected or someone will take a chainsaw to it to get it down to size. Your purposes will be better served by doing the difficult task of cutting yourself, rather than leaving it to someone else who might be more interested in meeting size restrictions than in representing your efforts in the best possible manner. An abstract word limit of 150 to 200 words is common.
Regardless, I'll give someone 10 sleeves of their preferred ball if they can find an abstract of that length (i.e. ed's abstract) in a peer-reviewed (non predatory) journal. Find the article, post the link, and receive your sleeves. 😀
By the way, initially, you understand I was just kidding with ed a bit, yes?