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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
This chapter is to describe the method used in this research to answer the problem formulations as stated in the introduction. This chapter consists of
research method, research setting, research students, instruments, and data gathering technique, data analysis technique, and research procedure.
A. Research Method
This part discusses the method that the researcher used to conduct the research. Firstly, the researcher studied the perception of the students of
Sekolah Menengah P ertama Negeri 1 Godean
on the implementation of weekly public speaking. Therefore, the researcher used a survey research, which according to
Wiersma 1995 is a research technique to measure, or study attitudes, opinions, or achievements in which data are gathered by asking questions to a group of
individuals. Afterwards, the survey was also used to obtain data about the students‟ suggestion on weekly public speaking in
Sekolah Menengah P ertama Negeri 1 Godean
. Specifically, this research was categorized as quantitative research. This
research belongs to quantitative research since it is designed to explain the human phenomena namely students‟ perception on the implementation of the weekly
public speaking. Travers 1965 states that quantitative research uses statistical analysis of word count to understand and explain phenomena.
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The first reseach problem is the students‟ perception of the weekly public
speaking which were collected through distributing the questionnaire. The second research problem is related with the
students‟ sugestions to improve the weekly public speaking which were collected through interviews. Therefore, the data of
the second research problem would be presented in the form of words verbal data to provide more i
nformation related to the students‟ perception of the weekly public speaking.
B. Research Setting
The research was conducted at
Sekolah Menengah Pertama Negeri 1 Godean
from January-March 2013. The researcher chose the students of
Sekolah Menengah Pertama Negeri 1 Godean
as the research students. The researcher distributed the questionnaire on January 21
st
2013 and February 11
th
2013 for the interview. Please see Appendix 1
C. Research Participants
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