score was 15. The items of the test were taken from book. The aim of this test was to analyze the student’s errors in using past tenses in the narrative text.
3.4 Data Analysis Method
The data was analyzed to identify the cause of the problems . In analyzing the
students’ errors, the research used some procedures, they were:
1. scoring the students’ answers
The researcher obtained the scoring by applying the following formula by Arikunto 2005 : 176
S = R Where :
S : Score R : Right answer
2. identifying the students’ errors.
3. classifying the errors.
4. finding causes of the errors.
The researcher obtained the percentage errors by applying following formula by Bungin 2005 : 172
100 ×
= N
Fx n
Where :
n : The percentage of errors
Fx : Number of errors for each types
N : Number of all errors
100 : Constant numeral
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4.1 Description of Data
After answering the test, the students’ answers were tabulated. The following table shows the score of students’ achievement in aswering the test and then calculated to know the
everage scores.
Table 1 The Students’ Scores
No The Students’ Initial
Name Correct
Incorrect 1
AAS 11
4 2
AAS 10
5 3
ACD 12
3 4
AP 7
8 5
AS 12
3 6
BPA 11
4 7
BRK 9
6 8
BS 14
1 9
CH 12
3 10
D 12
3 11
DA 10
5 12
DA 14
1 13
DA 12
3 14
DIR 12
3 15
DM 9
6 16
DNS 14
1 17
DNIPL 12
3 18
DPS 10
5 19
DW 9
6 20
E 8
7 21
EF 6
9 22
EP 12
3 23
ESB 6
9 24
FHH 10
5 25
FH 12
3 26
FIS 13
2 27
FMG 13
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28 FR
12 3
29 GM
11 4
30 HS
8 7
31 IK
5 10
32 IN
10 5
33 J
10 5
34 JI
12 3
35 JPU
11 4
36 KA
10 5
37 LL
7 8
38 MA
13 2
39 MF
7 8
40 MFR
7 8
41 MHS
5 10
42 MIL
14 1
43 MN
8 7
44 MS
12 3
45 MT
6 9
46 MTH
9 6
47 MYS
9 6
48 NH
13 2
49 NMS
12 3
50 NP
12 3
51 NR
11 4
52 NS
8 7
53 NS
12 3
54 P
11 4
55 PTD
10 5
56 RAH
14 1
57 RH
9 6
58 RL
7 8
59 RP
14 1
60 RY
9 6
61 SDT
14 1
62 SGSB
9 6
63 SH
5 10
64 SHN
12 3
65 SK
10 5
66 SP
11 4
67 SS
11 4
68 SW
10 5
69 TAK
5 10
70 TDSS
10 5
71 TM
9 6
72 TP
15 73
TR 12
3 74
WA 12
3 75
WIN 12
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76 WNS
12 3
77 WP
12 3
78 YAW
6 9
Total Score
807 363
Average 10.35
4.65
Based on the table above, the total score from the correct answers were 807 and incorrect answers were 363. Then, the average score from the correct answers were 10.35 and
incorrect answers were 4.65. Average shows that about ten questions are answerable for the students whereas the remain five are non answerable.
4.2 Data Analysis 4.2.1 Describing the Errors
