D. Population and Sample
Population is all students becoming subject of research. Usually the number of population in the area of research is great. The population of this research is the
third year students of SMP Al-fath Cirendeu in academic years 20122013. It consists of two classes. Class 9L consists of 20 students and class 9N consists of
20 students. So, the total population are 40 students. Sample is part of population becoming subject of research. The data can be
gotten from part of population by using technique of purposive sampling. Based on the book of L. R Gay the sampling of research could be taken 25 of the total
samples.
E. Technique of Date Collection
Two techniques of collecting data are used in this research, they are test and interview.
1. Test.
The type of the test is Multiple Choice. It is focused on gerund. This test consists of 20 items of questions, including: Gerund as subject of
a sentence, Gerund as object of preposition, Gerund as direct object of certain verbs, Gerund as the complement of a sentence. The instrument of
the test can be seen in appendix. 2.
Observation It is done to get the real and accurate data about location and
population where the research is carried out. 3.
Interview This technique is used to supplement the data needed which are not
covered by technique previously. The researcher asked some questions to
the English teacher in the school in order to know the English teaching- learning process done in the class.
F. Technique of Data Analysis
The technique of data analysis that is used in this research is descriptive analysis technique percentage, which is described in the table percentage. In this
table percentage use the formula:
P =
Note : P
= Percentage f
= Frequency N
= Number of Sample or Student
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After having percentage and frequency, the total average of percentage is looked for by using the formula:
P =
Note : P
= Percentage f
= Frequency N
= Number of Sample or Student n
= Number of item test.
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Prof. Drs. Anas Sudijono, Pengantar Statistik Pendidikan, Jakarta: PT. Raja Graffindo Persada, 2004, p. 43
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