E. The Data Analysis
The data found from three novels used in this study were understood and analyzed both from the content and context. In collecting and analyzing the data, the
content analysis was employed. The data were presented to be analyzed in accordance with how frequent they happened or were found in the novels and they were
connected back to ‘outside variables’ like the roles of the character Berelson in Ritchie, 2003:200. It means that the data were interrelated with other features of the
research, such as the frequency of happening and the objects of the research. According to Neuendorf 2002:10, content analysis enabled the summary,
instead of detail report, of the messages implied in the data and it relied on the research method. However, the context of the collected data cannot limit content
analysis. It helped identify the data to be more valid because there was inference making process. Inference can be resulted from understanding the content and context
of the data. In accordance with this study, the inference was reached through underst
anding the kinds of children’s independence, adults’ roles, and the author’s ways in reflecting children’s independence through characterization.
To acquire the interpretation of the data, there were some steps performed by the researcher in data analysis. The steps conducted in data analysis were as follows:
1. The researcher read and reread Enid Blyton’s The Six Bad Boys, The
Naughtiest Girl Again, and Naughty Amelia Jane.
2. She looked for any statements in correlation to children’s
independence, adults’ roles, and children’s independence reflected in characterization by taking notes.
3. She collected the suitable data.
4. She grouped the data based on the classifications on the data sheets.
5. She analyzed the data using the theories and the framework to make
data evaluation. 6.
She interpreted the collected data. 7.
She applied the concept of the data trustworthiness through triangulation procedure.
F. The Data Trustworthiness
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