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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
This chapter presents the research methodology that is used in this study. It talks about research design, place and time of the research, population and
samples of the research, instrument of the data, data collection techniques, data analysis technique, and hypothesis of the research.
A. Method and Design of the Research
1. Research Method
In this research, the researcher used quantitative research method as the researcher would use the data which was in the form of numerical data and
statistical analysis data to analyze the data. The researcher used experimental design in order to find out whether or not the Question Generation Strategy affects
students’ reading comprehension of narrative text so an experiment was needed.
2. Research Design
A quasi-experimental design was used as the research design because the researcher did not randomly assign the participants as in true experimental but the
researcher would use the participants which have been formed initially as the class. According to Creswell, in the quasi-experimental study, the researcher
needs to use a whole which have been formed as classes to be the sample in the experiment and control group because the availability of the participants and the
setting which did not allow to form an artificial group.
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So, it was the best for the researcher to use quasi-experiment in this research. Therefore, the researcher
implemented Question Generation Strategy in the experimental class while students in control class taught using silent reading method.
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John W. Creswell, Planning, Conducting, and Evaluating Quantitative and Qualitative Research, Boston: Pearson Education, Inc., 2012 p. 309.
Table 3.1 Research Design
Group Pre-test
Treatment Post-test
Experiment T
X T
Control T
Y T
Notes: X: Taught by using video
Y: Taught by using Silent Reading Method T: Reading Comprehension test of Narrative Text
B. Time and Place of the Research
The study was held on the first semester at SMPN 1 Tambun Selatan. It is located on Jl. Pendidikan 2, Kec. Tambun Selatan, Kab. Bekasi. The study was
conducted on September —October 2016.
C. The Population and Samples of the Research
The population of the research is the eighth grade students of SMPN 1 Tambun Selatan. The total class of eighth grade is 9 classes, 8A
—8I. Each class consisted of about 40 students, so the total population is 360 students. The writer
chose the eighth grade students as the sample because reading skill was crucial for them in the preparation of facing the National Examination in the third grade.
The sample that was used in this study is two classes of the eighth grade students of SMPN 1 Tambun Selatan which the total is 80 students. The
researcher used purposive technique sampling to determine the sample. In this case, 8A and 8B are chosen as the control class ad experiment class because both
of them are handled by the same English teacher and those classes have similar competencies which can be appropriate to become the object of this research.
D. Instrument of the Research
Instrument of this research is Test. The test would be in the form of written test which consisted of 25 multiple choice questions made by the researcher and
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