title: Evaluating abstracts: preparing a research conference.
abstract: Refusal to recognize the impossibility of designing a fair scholarly screening system for selecting papers from abstracts results in the use of inappropriate criteria and checklists. Since no checklist can be used universally to identify the rigorous and significant research contributions from abstracts, we suggest that a more flexible and sensible method of screening presentations is to select the maximum number based on the time and space available for presentations, the program objectives, and content needs.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, College of Health and Human Development, Pennsylvania State University, University Park.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Morse
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dellasega
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Doberneck
mesh_terms: D000043:Abstracting and Indexing / Q000592:standards*; D003226:Congresses as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015399:Nursing Research; D017712:Peer Review, Research / Q000379:methods*; D010934:Planning Techniques