Documentation Data Collection Technique
organized in a variety of ways, for example, by interview, by questions, by people, or by places.”
14
Then, the researcher did the coding and reducing stages by gathering the data to see the differences and the similarities among them by breaking apart and
rearrange them into categories. The researcher also reduced the data which did not have any relation to the topic studied. Eventually, she came to the last stage of
analyzing the data which are interpreting and representing. Ary et al. state “Interpretation is about bringing out the meaning, telling the story, providing an
explanation, and developing plausible explanations.”
15
Therefore, the researcher reported the findings by providing the thick description and explanation to give
the whole meaning of what was studied supported by the data. Furthermore, for the data trustworthiness, the researcher conducted several
test such as credibility to know the internal validity, transferability to know the external ability, dependability to know the reliability, and confirmability to know
the objectivity. Therefore, the researcher did the triangulation in the data collected, the sources to cover those trustworthiness aspects. Ary et al. states:
In data triangulation, the researcher investigates whether the data collected with one procedure or instrument confirm data collected using a different
procedure or instrument. The researcher wants to find support for the observations and conclusions in more than one data source. Convergence of a
major theme or pattern in the data from these various sources lends credibility to the findings.
16
Thus, the researcher conducted interview session with the teacher to investigate whether the data gathered from several observations matched to the
data gained from other source and vice versa. If the finding results of multiple methods are similarly found then the study is reliable as Ary et al. confirm
“Triangulation, which we have previously discussed, is also used to establish the dependability of qualitative studies. If multiple data sources or multiple methods
result in similar findings, it enhances the reliability of the study.”
17
14
Ibid., p. 482.
15
Ibid., p. 490.
16
Ibid., p. 499.
17
Ibid., p. 503.
40