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