Becoming More Accountable: A Comment on Hammersley and Gomm
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Romm, Norma R.A.
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1997
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en
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Accountability; Bias; Reciprocity; Research Process; Responsibility
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This article provides a response to Hammersley and Gomm's article entitled Bias in Social Research (1997). Hammersley and Gomm's proposed conception of bias is rooted in a particular view of the pursuit of scientific knowledge - a view which they call nonfoundationalist. The way in which Hammersley and Gomm account for their nonfoundationalist view and the way in which they level critiques against relativism and standpoint epistemology, are challenged in this article. The discussion is focused around my concern that their account excludes (as outside the range of relevant argument in research communities) a serious consideration of alternative epistemological orientations.
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Romm, N.R.A. (1997). Becoming More Accountable: A Comment on Hammersley and Gomm. Sociological Research Online, vol. 2, no. 3, <http://www.socresonline.org.uk/2/3/2.html>
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Sage
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1360-7804