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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
A. Place and Time of the Research
The study was conducted at MTs Masyariqul Anwar Caringin. It located at Jl. Perintis Kemerdekaan Km2.5 Labuan-Banten. The study was
conducted about one month. It was begun by observation on the school and interviewing the English teacher on April 2
nd
2016. Then continued by doing pilot study of the instrument on April 4
th
2016. After that, the instruments were analysed and the significant items were selected for pre-
test and post-test. The students were given pre-test on April 9
th
April 2016, and then they were given treatment. During the treatment, the
experimental study was consistent held by applying realia and without it in teaching concrete noun. And on 30
th
April 2016 in the last meeting, the students were given post-test to get the data to be analysed.
B. Population and Sample
The population were the all of 130 students at second grade students of MTs Masyariqul Anwar are four classes. The classes namely
class 2.A, 2.B, 2.C, and 2.D. For the research, the writer took two classes as sample of the research. They are class 2.A 30 students as the
controlled class and 2.B 30 students as the experimental class. The sample was taken based on the purposive sampling. It was used because
the writer only take the sample whish was suitable with the purpose of the research.
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C. Research Methodology and Design
The method of this research was quantitative because the objective of quantitative research is to develop and employ mathematical models,
theories and or hypothesis pertaining to phenomena.
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The design of the
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Syofian siregar, Metode Penelitian Quantitatif: Dilengkapi Perbandingan Perhitungan Manual dan SPSS Edisi Pertama, Jakarta: Kencana Prenadamedia Group, 2013, p.33.
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https:en.m.wikipedia.orgwikiquantitative_research
research was experimental research. Because experimental research as the description and analysis of what or will occur, under carefully controlled
condition.
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In conducting this research, the writer used the quasi experimental design. Quasi-experimental design was applied because the
writer was able to control at least one of most dominant variable of the research,
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and he chose this design because the experimental design is used to determine influences an outcome or dependent variable.
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This research used two groups as the object of the research; those were
experimental class and controlled class. In this research, the experimental class received some treatment that is using realia in learning concrete
nouns and controlled class did not. The quasi-experimental design was described in the following table.
Table 3.1 Pre-test and Post-test Design
Group Pre-test Treatment
Post-test Experimental Q1
Learning concrete noun by using realia.
Q2
Controlled Q1
Learning concrete noun without realia. Q2
Based on the table above, the writer took two classes, experimental class and controlled class. The writer gave the pre-test to both of
experiment and controlled class before he gave the treatment. He taught the students in experimental class by using realia and in controlled class
without using it. After four meeting, the writer gave the post-test to the both of students in experimental and controlled class. It was given to know
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Yogesh Kumar Singh, Fundamental of Research Methodology and Statistic, New Delhi, New Age International Publisher, 2006, p. 134.
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Nana Syaodih Sukmadinata, Metode Penelitian Pendidikan Bandung: PT Remaja Rosda Karya, 2012, p.220.
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John W. Creswell, Educational Research: Planning, Conducting, and Evaluating Quantitative and Qualitative Research Fourth Edition, Boston: Pearson Education, 2002, p. 295.