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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY OF RESEARCH
3.1 Research Design
“Research design atau rancangan riset diartikan sebagai seluruh proses perencangan dan pelaksanaan suatu riset Supranto, 1997 : 39”. There are two kinds
of data : quantitative data qualitative data. Quantitative data related to the numerical measures. On the other hand, qualitative, the numerical measure is not used
Supranto, 1997 : 5-6. In this thesis, quantitative data is applied. Supranto 1997 : 40 says, “Research design atau rancangan riset diartikan
sebagai seluruh proses perancangan dan pelaksanaan riset”. It means research design is the planning process of the research or the procedures in collecting and analyzing
the data. The research design in this analysis is a descriptive study. Supranto 1997 : 41 says,” Descriptive study aims at describing the characteristics about the condition
or situation at that time. Therefore, in this descriptive analysis study which is intended only to describe the variable.
3.2 Data Collection
In collecting the data for this thesis, the writer uses library research. Supranto 1997:13 says, “Library research atau penelitian kepustakaan adalah riset dimana
dilakukan dengan jalan membaca buku-buku dan sumber lainnya di dalam perpustakaan”. It means, this method is carried out by collecting and selecting data
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and information from some relevant references regarding the passive and active voice. The primary data in this thesis are Inside Sumatera and the secondary data in
this analysis are all the books related to the topic being discussed.
3.3 The Data Analysis
By writing this thesis, the writer has combined the important data from many other sources, which have been collected and analyzed. This research is passive
voice. The writer collects data from various books.
In analyzing the data, there are some procedures to be done. They are as follows :
a. Reading Inside Sumatera magazine. b. Identifying all data, a percentage value will be set up for each kind of
passive voice based on the following formula :
n =
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x 100
n = the percentage of one kind of passive voice fx = individual frequency one kind of passive voice0
N = number of occurrence all kinds of passive voice After calculating the data in percentage, the most dominant passive voice to
the least dominant one will be determined. Having analyzed all the data, some conclusion will be made based on the results of the analysis.
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CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS AND FINDING
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