Purpose of The Research Place and Time of The Research Population and Sample Method of Research Instrument of the Research

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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

A. Purpose of The Research

The purpose of the study can be stated as follows: a. To find out the IQ score of first year students of MAN 19 Jakarta. b. To find out the students’ achievement scores in Learning English. c. To find out whether there is a correlation between students’ IQ scores and their achievement in learning English or not.

B. Place and Time of The Research

This research was conducted at MAN 19 Jakarta, Jl. H. Jaelani III, North Petukangan, South Jakarta. The research was started on April 10 th 2010 until June 4 th 2010.

C. Population and Sample

The population of this research is the whole tenth grade students of MAN 19 Jakarta, the total is 96 students that divided into three classes, X.1, X.2 and X2. To determine the sample the writer uses purposive cluster sampling technique, so she just takes two classes that is X.1 consists of 31 students and X.2 consists of 33 students. So the total of this sample is 64 students.

D. Method of Research

The writer used quantitative method through correlational study. She analyzed the research by using Pearson Correlation Product Moment to know the result. For completing the data, the writer used two kinds of research; library research and field research. In library research, the writer tries to observe and read some books in some libraries and saw some website to support this paper. In field research, the writer collects the students’ English achievement data and their IQ score data. This research is using the correlation method. There are two main variables in this research. Intelligence Quotient IQ of the students as independent variable variable X and students’ achievement in English as dependent variable variable Y.

E. Instrument of the Research

The writer conducted the field research by getting the IQ score from school’s data and students’ English score from English test. The students’ IQ score was taken from the result IQ test held by Yayasan Consultasi Bimbingan Psikologi YACOBI. There are seven psychology aspects in this intelligence test, they are: “pemahaman ruang, daya abstraksi, kemampuan bahasa, kemampuan dasar ilmu pasti, pengertian praktis dan ilmu logika, potensi verbal kapasitas belajar, kwalitas ketelitian.” And to get the data of students’ reading achievement, the writer makes English test for the students which consist of fifty questions in multiple choices.

F. Technique of Data Analysis