Erfan Muhamad Fauzi, 2014 An Analysis Of Hedging Uses In Skripsi-S Employing Quantitative And Qualitative Research
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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD
This chapter explains how the research is conducted from the beginning to the end. The explanation of design of research is presented in order to see how the
research problems and the way to interpret it are matched. The data collection follows the explanation of research design is presented to see that data source and
the way to gain the data are appropriate as it is related to the focus of this study. In the end, step by step analysis is presented to see how the data are interpreted.
3.1 Statement of the problems
The use of hedging in academic writing is considerably important. In presenting factuality and truthfulness of statement, the use of hedging is beneficial
in that the statement becomes not too assertive and judgmental Markannen and Schroder, 1997. The study about hedging in academic writing across disciplines
is already done by many researchers. The result shows significant difference of the use of hedging in different disciplines Vartalla, 2001. From such condition,
there are still some problems that need depicting, in terms of the use of hedging in undergraduate. This study qualitatively leads to the realization whether hedging as
rhetorical device is acquired naturally or whether level of education determines the advance of the rhetorical devices use. In short, this study tries to decipher
hedging uses occurring in skripsi-s employing qualitative and quantitative research methods in terms of the surface features and polypragmatic models of
hedging.
3.2 Research Design
To explore the above research problem, the present study employs qualitative research method. Qualitative research is the appropriate research
method dominantly used for this study because the explanation of this study concerns the comprehensive elaboration of the nature of phenomenon, namely
Erfan Muhamad Fauzi, 2014 An Analysis Of Hedging Uses In Skripsi-S Employing Quantitative And Qualitative Research
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hedging in academic writing. Creswell 2011 believes qualitative research is the suitable research method for exploration of variables and problems that has been
clearly revealed. One of qualitative research method characteristics is exploring a problem
and developing a detailed understanding of a central phenomenon Creswell, 2011. This is in line with what Sinclair 2004 suggests trusting the text, in
discourse analysis. Discourse analysis is employed in this study as one type of qualitative research methods. Jorgensen and Phillips 2002 believes that
discourse analysis can be used not only as theory in interpreting the text but also in doing the procedure of analysis of text. Dealing with this, Conrad 2002; in
Charles, Maggie et al, 2009 provides an overview of approaches that can be used to examine discourse phenomena and distinguishes four types: 1 studies which
examine a feature of language in use; 2 studies of the realizations of a function of language; 3 studies of a variety of language and 4 studies that trace the
occurrence of a linguistic feature throughout a text. By characteristics above, exploration of hedging as metadiscourse
phenomenon can be included in qualitative research. Qualitative research design can reveal the unsuspected patterns of language through examining the nature and
structure of language of large collection of text Sinclair, 2003 and 2004. To support qualitative research, the use of hedging in skripsi-s was
depicted comprehensively in statistical display. This study is followed by discursive analysis derived from discourse analysis above in form of narrow scope
of survey. Quantitative analysis in survey design by showing descriptive analysis helps us to scan an issue in order to generalize certain features Cohen, Manion
and Morrison, 2007.
3.3 Data Source
