Research Design METHOD OF RESEARCH

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CHAPTER III METHOD OF RESEARCH

In doing the analysis bestows leading character’s conflict in Allie Hamilton, The Notebook, a particular be appeared in order to guatantee the validity of this research. Besed on the fact, the elaboration walks on the method called descriptive qualitative method. This method will help to describe about what the reasons in making these letters and what the leading character’s conflict contained in all these letters. The analysis of these things would go under intrinsic and extrinsic approach. Intrinsic approach contains the elements that focused only on the literary work itself. There are character, point of view, plot, and setting. It is used in this analysis to examine the intrinsic part of The Notebook, the leading character in this novel. And then the writer of this thesis applies extrinsic approach to examine especially the conflict experienced by the leading character.

3.1 Research Design

Method of research must be suitable to the method of analysis. In the research there are two kinds of method, they are qualitative and quantitative method. The different of each method is, the quantitative is a method the data and the result is a number. The qualitative method is a method concludes the data and the result by words. Qualitative research is based on individual, often subjective analysis. A general description of properties that cannot be written in numbers that cannot be reduced to something that can be enumerated. Relating to or based on the quality character of something, often as opposed to its size or quantity. A type of data used as a method of labeling and identifying. Qualitative data are classified as being either Universitas Sumatera Utara 21 nominal or ordinal. Quantitative or statistical comparison derived from systematic survey, observation or analysis of the subject this may include probabilistic evaluation. Quantitative research is based on measurable data gathered from a wide range of sources, often followed by objective analysis. A general description includes facts, figures and scientific observation that can be statistically analyzed and then can be reduced to something that can be enumerated. The collected data is often subjected to statistical tests to see if the results are internally consistent or representative of random chance. Typically, it describes patterns and trends in size and quantity. Quantitative data is often classified as being real. According to the problem and the objective of the analysis, the method that the writer used in this analysis is qualitative method. Qualitative method is explaining the result by words not number. This data has been collected by interview, observation, and documentary and the processed by writing, typing, editing, or composing a text. In this analysis the writer used qualitative method to analyze this novel. Because, the writer uses the data result by words.

3.2 Data Collection