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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD
3.1 Research Design
The writer used Qualitative descriptive method in the writing process of this thesis. The Qualitative descriptive study is the method of choice when straight
descriptions of phenomena are desired. Such study is especially useful for researchers wanting to know the who, what, and where of events Sandelowski,
2005: 339. The Qualitative descriptive method tries to interpret and relate the significance data to the situation, attitude as well as the point of view in a society,
conflict between two condition or more, and many others. To find the data as reference of writing this thesis, the writer used library
research and internet research. The writer is collecting the data from some books, internet and many other resources that can be related to the subject matter being
analyzed. The writer will do these following steps; collecting, selecting, analyzing the data, interpreting them and finally creating the conclusion to write the thesis for
achieving the most effective study results.
3.2 Data and Data Source
Data are material which is used in some researches. Data is information of parts, to be analyzed that the data can be obtained from magazines, newspaper,
books, etc. The data in this research is all of the quotation that is related to the topic about industrial revolution and its impact on children in Oliver Twist by Charles
Dickens. The source of the data refers to the subject from which the data are obtained. The data source is Charles Dickens’ novel entitled Oliver Twist.
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3.3 Data Collection
In collecting the data, there are two kinds of data, primary data and secondary data. Primary data are those which are collected afresh and for the first time, and thus
happen to be original in character while secondary data are those which have already been collected by someone else and which have already been passed through the
statistical process. Kothari, 2004: 95. In order to collect the primary data, the writer read the novel several times in
order to get more understanding about the novel, underlined the important data in the novel that related to the impact of industrial revolution on children. The important
data must be selected in order to support the analysis of the impact of industrial revolution on children and secondary data was gathered from several books which
are related to the topic of this thesis. The writer collected the data which give understanding with the problem and objective of this thesis. Some of data and
information are also found from internet to support the analysis data.
3.4 Data Analysis
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