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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

CHAPTER III. RESEARCH METODHOLOGY

This chapter discusses about the method that is used for this research. There are seven parts in this chapter, which are research method, research setting, research participants, research instruments, technique of data analysis, triangulation, and research procedures.

A. Research Method

Research method is a step in science which is done to gain factors and principles patiently, and systematically to show or to get truth or facts Sugiono:2008. This study employed a Mixed Method approach. Creswell 2012 emphasized that Mixed Method approach is a research that uses a combination of qualitative and quantitative approaches. Neuman 2014 states that qualitative and quantitative research methods are two different approaches, but they complement each other. Therefore, the researcher will gain the best analysis. In this research, the researcher used the explanatory sequential design. Creswell 2012 states that the sequential explanatory strategy is a technique to analyze the data by analyzing the data using the qualitative approach in the first stage, followed by the use of qualitative to support the results of the quantitative. Thus, in the Sequential explanatory method, the data is analyzed using quantitative technique at first. The researcher used survey to gain the data. After emerging PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI results in a figure or table, the researcher strengthened the data by using qualitative technique. The researcher interviewed some students to gain the data for the qualitative. In this research, the research carried out what it is and without changing anything. What the researcher got during the research is the results.

B. Research Setting

The research was conducted in June 2016 on the campus area of Sanata Dharma University. The research took the data on some places and in different times because in June 2016, the respondents are on the eighth semester. The interviews done by the researcher were on different time. Student 1 was interviewed on 23 rd of June 2016 at 10.00 am, student 2 was interviewed on 23 rd of June 2016 at 10.30 am, student 3 was interviewed on 23 rd of June 2016 at 12.00 pm, student 4 was interviewed on 23 rd of June 2016 at 02.00 pm, student 5 was interviewed on 24 th of June 2016 at 11.00 am. The interview was done for about 15 minutes for each person. The second one is the questionnaire. The researcher gave about two days, from June 30 th 2016 until July 1 st 2016.

C. Reseach Participants

In this research, the research respondents were eighth semester of ELESP students, batch 2012, who had taken the Play Performance course in the sixth