Hartley J
Department of Psychology, Keele University, Staffordshire, UK.
Appl Ergon. 1999 Dec;30(6):535-41. doi: 10.1016/s0003-6870(99)00004-6.
Previous research with structured abstracts (i.e. those that contain sub-headings such as this one) has indicated that structured abstracts are of a higher quality, contain more information, and are easier to search than are abstracts produced in the traditional manner.
The aim of this article is to indicate how such structured abstracts might be appropriate for Applied Ergonomics.
Three abstracts taken from a recent issue of Applied Ergonomics were re-written in a structured form. This involved re-sequencing the information presented in the originals, and including additional information--particularly that of a quantitative kind--to meet the requirements of the sub-headings. Measures of word length, information content, readability, and reader preferences were then made.
The results showed that there were differences between the three pairs of abstracts on these various measures but that, overall, in line with previous research, the structured abstracts were longer, more informative and judged to be clearer by their readers.
The findings support the author's view that structured abstracts are more effective than traditional ones.
先前对结构化摘要（即包含此类小标题的摘要）的研究表明，结构化摘要质量更高、包含更多信息，并且比传统方式生成的摘要更易于搜索。
本文旨在说明此类结构化摘要如何适用于《应用人类工程学》。
从最近一期《应用人类工程学》中选取了三篇摘要，并将其改写为结构化形式。这涉及对原文中呈现的信息进行重新排序，并纳入额外信息——尤其是定量信息——以满足小标题的要求。然后对单词长度、信息内容、可读性和读者偏好进行了测量。
结果表明，在这些不同的测量指标上，这三对摘要之间存在差异，但总体而言，与先前的研究一致，结构化摘要更长、信息更丰富，读者认为其更清晰。
研究结果支持了作者的观点，即结构化摘要比传统摘要更有效。
