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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
The third chapter focuses on research methodology that is used in the final project. There are five subchapters in this chapter, they are: 1 Research design, 2 Object of
the study, 3 Type of data, 4 Role of the researcher, 5 Procedures of obtaining data, 6 and Procedures of analyzing data
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3.1 Research Design
In this study, I conducted the research by applying the descriptive qualitative. The data were collected in the form of words, not in the form of numbers. According to
Miles and Huberman 1994: 1, a qualitative research does not focus on numerals or statistic qualification, but it gives most attention to how deep the researcher‘s
knowledge is toward the interaction among concepts which is being learnt. Meanwhile Lambert 2012 said that a qualitative descriptive approach needs
to be the design of choice when a straight forward description of a phenomenon is desired. It is an approach that is very useful when researchers want to know,
regarding events, who were involved, what was involved, and where did things take place. Qualitative descriptive indicate the studies used a grounded theory,
ethnographic or phenomenological approach.
In addition to qualitative descriptive study, Sandelowsky 2000 stated that Qualitative descriptive studies have as their goal a comprehensive summary of events
in the everyday terms of those events. Researchers conducting qualitative descriptive studies stay close to their data and to the surface of words and events. Qualitative
descriptive designs typically are an eclectic but reasonable combination of sampling, and data collection, analysis, and re-presentation techniques.
In other words, a descriptive qualitative study need a researcher enable do: 1 gain new insights about a particular phenomenon 2 develop new concepts or
theoretical perspectives about the phenomenon and 3 discover problems that exist within said phenomenon. But, they allow a researcher to test the validity of certain
assumptions, claims, theories or generalizations within real-world contexts.
3.2 Objects of the Study
The main object of this study is a children‘s novel entitled “The Secret Garden” written by Frances Hodgson Burnett 1911. The novel consists of 27 chapters and
322 pages. This novel tells the story about the neglected children-Mary Lenox that is found abandoned garden and her only cousin, a bed-ridden boy named Colin.
Through that secret garden magical power they learn about the life and heal their hurt feeling. This work of art is originally published in United Kingdom.
3.3 Type of Data
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