42 The results of the pilot test, which was administered to one class of the sixth
semester students of the English Language Education Study Program, showed that the reliability coefficient was 0.79. Based on the classification, this result
indicates that the test had substantial reliability.
D. Data Gathering Techniques
The real test was administered to two classes of the sixth semester students of 20072008 academic year on March 31 and April 9, 2008. Before administering
the test, the writer asked for permission from the lecturers who were teaching the chosen classes. At the days of test administration, the writer himself functioned as
the supervisor in order to monitor the process of the test administration. The writer distributed the test to all of the students including the students who were
not from sixth semester. The time allotment to do the test was sixty minutes. After administering the test, the writer sorted the sixth semester students’
sheets from the non-sixth semester students sheets because the non-sixth semester students were not part of the sample. After that, the writer checked the sixth
semester students’ works. The students’ works were analyzed further based on the key and scoring criteria.
E. Data Analysis Techniques
In analyzing the data, the first thing to do was to score the test to find out the students’ results and also the errors which the students still often made. To
score the test, the writer used a rubric. The rubric is presented in Table 3.4. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
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Table 3.4: The Rubric Score Description
Incorrect answer or unanswered 1 Correct
answer
After scoring the students’ answers, the writer counted the final scores. To obtain the final score, the total score achieved by each student was divided by the
total number of items, and then the result was multiplied by 100. Then, the scores for each student were classified using a scoring category.
In order to discuss the errors committed by the students in producing the non-finite clauses, the writer classified the errors committed by the students in the
test into several categories. From the error classifications, the difficulties faced by the students in constructing complex sentences containing the non-finite clauses
were identified. Meanwhile, in order to determine the students’ mastery in producing the non-finite clauses, the mean score of the test was calculated.
F. Research Procedure
