Now you be the judge.

Does the abstract follow the required format? Is there a description of what was studied and why? Is the question, hypothesis, or goal stated? Do the authors indicate how the study was performed? Does the abstract include the important results? Does the abstract include the answer to the question posed? Does the abstract include the authors’ conclusions? Does the abstract stand on its own in telling the story? Does the abstract contain information absent in the main text? Are all numbers in the abstract identical to those in the main text? Are there any unclear or undefined abbreviations?