The Techniques of Analyzing Data

E. The Techniques of Analyzing Data

In the research, the researcher analyzed the students’ ability, after the researcher collected all the data needed by observing and evaluating the students. In analyzing the qualitative data there are three steps, namely:

1. Reduction of data is evaluating and classifying the data based on the information from the observation and evaluation paper and must be organized according to the statements of the research.

2. Explanation of the data that have been organized by the researcher must be classified to get the meaning in the table, graphic or narration forms.

3. Conclusion is made based on the data that has been collected and the conclusion will make in statement of formula form.

In analyzing of data, the researcher looked for two kinds of data. There are qualitative and quantitative data. Through these data, the researcher made the analysis to find out the result of the action that has been done. After the researcher got the result based on the analysis, the researcher described the data into the result of the action and compare with the weakness of the action. It means that both of the data qualitative and quantitative are used as a basic to show and describe the result of action. The explanation is follows:

a. To gain the percentage of the students’ and researcher’s activities related to the qualitative data obtained from the observation sheet , the researcher analyzed by using a formula below adapted from Tuckman (1975: 2875) in Nugiyantoro as on follows:

Frequency (F)

Percentage Degree (PD) =

x 100

Total Activities (TA)

Which: PD

= Percentage Degree

F = Frequency of the research’s and the students activities have been already done TA

= Total activities of the researcher and the students 100 = Constant and maximal number of percentage Either the researcher’s or the students’ activities will be calculated to find the percentage to make sure whether the teaching-learning process runs well as designed in lesson plan by finding the percentage for each student and researcher activities as described in the formula below adapted from Tuckman (1975: 285) in Nurgiyantoro (2001: 381), namely;

Done responses

Percentage =

x 100

The amount of the students

Then, it can be interpreted into some categories, as follows: 85%-100% = Very good 75%-84% = Good 60%-74% = Adequate 40%-59% = Less 0%-39% = Very weak

b. While to gain the average of the students’ ability related to quantitative data

obtained from the oral performance , the researcher analyzed by using a formula as written by the researcher in Chapter II.

The steps are:

1) Scoring the students’ speaking record by considering the proficiency description to the weighting table of interview scoring (Chapter II, Part h, pages 14 by Adams and Smith, (1979) in Hughes.

2) After considering the proficiency description to the weighting table by considering the students’ accent, grammar, vocabulary, fluency and

comprehension. Finally, the researcher calculated the total score of the students.

After that, the reseacher consulted to KKM. The students mark in Cycle I were lower than KKM so, the researcher continued in Cycle II and because in Cycle II the students mark were higher than KKM so the researcher stopped and reported.