Sample and Sampling Technique

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C. Sample and Sampling Technique

In qualitative research, the sample is taken purposively. Sutopo 2006:46, states that the sample in qualitative research is taken selectively based on the problem statements and theoretical consideration of research. The researcher absolutely selects the sample purposively, because she uses some criteria in selecting the data. The researcher also uses sampling technique selectively concerning the theoretically concept that is used, the personal curiosity of the researcher, empirical character, etc Sutopo, 2002:56. Therefore, the research uses the purposing sampling technique to represent the information, not the population. In the other words, the technique used by the researcher and all the samples of the research are taken purposively. The data analyzed in this research are the cultural terms that are focused in the form of words and phrases of the bilingual tourism booklet entitled Profil Wisata Kota Solo: Tourism Profile of Solo. The data of the Indonesian cultural terms having the same form and meaning are not taken at all. For example, in page 5 there is the Indonesian cultural term “keraton”, while, in page 23 there is also the term “keraton”. Therefore, the term “keraton” is written twice in the bilingual tourism booklet. In this case, the writer will only put one example of the term “keraton” which is taken from page 5. Therefore, the data studied in this research are different from one another, not studied the same data as stated above. The researcher assumes that the informants involved in this research represent the target readers of the related bilingual tourism booklet. The criteria for the informants or the raters are: 1. They are foreigners, not the Indonesians, but minimally, they can speak or they commit to user 40 understand a little bit about Indonesian. 2. They have not read the related bilingual tourism booklet, so their respond, opinion, and understanding will be more natural. 3. They should have the interest in tourism and cultural matters. It is important because their interest contributes a lot to the evaluation of the related topic.

D. Research Procedure