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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
A. Research Design
In this research, the researcher used descriptive quantitative research. In this study, the researcher described the students‟ mastery in using degrees of comparison based
on the students‟ test results. As Glass and Hopkins state that descriptive research can be either quantitative or qualitative. It can involve collection of quantitative
information that can be tabulated along a continuum in numerical form such as score on a test or the number of times a person chooses to use a certain feature of a
multimedia program.
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It is supported by Dornyei who states quantitative data can be obtained in a number of ways. Furthermore he says that the most common instrument
used for this purpose is the test, which has several types for example, language tests or psychological tests such as aptitude tests or personality batteries.
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It means that the researcher took data accurately at the phenomena of the moment and then used
number as the data to analyze what going to be known. In this study, descriptive research was use to describe the students‟ mastery of the
tenth grade at SMK PGRI 4 Bandar Lampung in using degrees of comparison. The researcher used quantitative data to know the students‟ mastery. According to Lodico
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Gene V. Glass and Kenneth D. Hopkins, The Handbook of Research for Educational Communications and Technology, available in http:www.aect.orgedteched14141-01.html,
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Zoltan Dornyei, Research Methods in Applied Linguistic:Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Methodologies, Oxford: Oxford University, 1998 , p.95
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numerically. However, the approaches differ in their goals and procedures used to collect data.
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Based on the explanation above, it can be concluded that descriptive research can be
in qualitative and quantitative research. The quantitative research is one kind of research that often use test to collect data. In this research, the researcher used
descriptive quantitative research to get the data of students‟ mastery in using degrees of comp
arison from the students‟ test results.
B. Research Subject
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