Students’ Reading Strategy Data Description

Reading strategy N Valid 40 Missing 21 Mean 76.98 Median 77.50 Mode 81 Range 35 Minimum 59 Maximum 94 Sum 3079 Table 4.1 which represent students’ reading strategy shows that the highest score of reading comprehension strategy is 94 and the lowest score of reading comprehension strategy is 59. It can be concluded that there is significant difference between the highest and the lowest score of reading strategy with the range 35. Then the sum score of reading comprehension strategy is 3079. Meanwhile the mean score of students’ reading comprehension strategy is 76.98; it means that the mean score of students’ reading achievement are good. Table 4.1 also shows that the median score of students’ reading comprehension strategy is 77.50. In addition, the mode scores are 81. In the mode score, most students get 81 scores; it means that there are a lot of students who are frequently use questioning as a reading comprehension strategy. All of the data descriptions above were calculated by using descriptive statistic SPSS 16.0. After calculating the descriptive data, the writer will show interval, frequency, and percentage of reading comprehension strategy. The data below was calculated by using Microsoft Excel 2007. The following table describes in details about students reading comprehension strategy. Table 4.2 Relative frequency distribution of students’ reading comprehension strategy Number Interval Frequency Percentage 1 59-64 2 5 2 65-70 7 17.5 3 71-76 9 22.5 4 77-82 13 32.5 5 83-88 6 15 6 89-94 3 7.5 ∑f = 40 From the table above, it can be seen frequency and percentage of reading comprehension strategy from 40 students. There are 5 students who get the score between 59-64, in this percentage; there are only two students who get the score between 59-64. Then 17.5 students get score 65-70. Then there are 22.5 of students who get score between 71-76. Mostly, students gain score between 77-82; it can be proved with the biggest percentage 32.5. It means that it is the score which students gained most. Meanwhile, there are 15 students who get score 83-88.Hence; there are 7.5 students who get the score between 89-94. These are the biggest score which are obtained from students’ reading achievement. After calculating the frequency distribution of students’ reading comprehension strategy, the data can be described in details on the chart below: Figure 4.1 Frequency Distribution of Students’ Reading Strategy

2. Students’ Reading Achievement

Students’ reading achievement is the final score of Reading I subject which is obtained based on the documentation of the score of the First Semester students of Department of English Education, UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta Academic year 20132014. The score of Reading I subject can be seen in the table 4.2 as follows: 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 59-64 65-70 71-76 77-82 83-88 89-94 Frequency of Reading Strategy Frequency Table 4.3 The Score of Students’ Reading Achievement Student Reading Achievement 1 74,20 2 62,90 3 70,80 4 71,60 5 74,70 6 75,90 7 72,20 8 78,70 9 72,10 10 81,20 11 80,00 12 77,10 13 79,20 14 80,20 15 72,90 16 73,10 17 79,30 18 72,70 19 83,50 20 83,70 Student Reading Achievement 21 83,90 22 72,70 23 74,70 24 80,30 25 76,10 26 78,00 27 71,10 28 70,10 29 66,70 30 70,10 31 80,20 32 75,00 33 80,80 34 73,30 35 72,50 36 77,80 37 74,40 38 80,20 39 75,10 40 77,10 Reading achievement N Valid 40 Missing 21 Mean 75.25 Median 75.00 Mode 72 a Range 21 Minimum 62 Maximum 83 Sum 3010 Table 4.3 shows that the maximum score of students’ reading achievement is 83, and the minimum score is 62. There is a significant range between the maximum and the minimum score of reading achievement with the range 21. Then the sum score of reading achievement is 3010. Meanwhile the mean score of students’ reading comprehension strategy is 75; it means that the mean score of students’ reading achievement is quite good because it is bigger than the mode score72. Hence, the table 4.3 also shows that the median score of students’ reading comprehension strategy is 75. The mean and mode score of students’ reading achievement is same in this case. In addition, the mode score is 72; it means that there are a lot of students who get 72. In addition, all of the data descriptions above were calculated by using descriptive statistic SPSS 16.0.