Reflections on writing up research
Year: 2000
Type: article
Abstract: This article explores some philosophies of and their relation to reporting styles. So-called scientific research reporting tends to be associated with the use of
certain standardised discursive practices. These discourse conventions are grounded in a view of
scientific rationality known as logical positivism which has been adopted by social scientists and
educational researchers, has dominated these fields of until recently and is still very
influential. When adopting the impersonal style associated with this tradition,
accounts tend to ignore or describe as inadequate opposing perspectives in order to make the
author's results appear purely factual. Allowing informal accounting in reports could
provide a richer and more balanced description of the procedures and interpretations of
the results. Such description would be in line with a movement away from a traditional view of
scientific knowledge to a more socially contingent view.
Author: Riana Roos Paola
Language: English
Subfield: Linguistics and Language
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $20
OpenAlex ID: W2287760853