Questionnaire Multiple Intelligences Inventory

43 the writer revised the designed materials based on the suggestions given were used to revise the designed materials. The data gathered from the expert validation step was analyzed to obtain the central tendency of the participants’ opinions about the material designed. Finally, the researcher made the final product of the English speaking instructional materials.

F. Data Analysis Technique

The writer used two techniques to analyze the data. They are the data analysis technique of the research and information collecting, and the data analysis technique of the preliminary field testing. The explanation of each technique is presented below.

1. Data Analysis Technique of the Research and Information Collecting

After gathering the data from the questionnaire, the researcher analyzed it and made it into percentage. The formulation used by the researcher is presented as follows:

x: the total number of students based on the degree agreement n: the number of all students

The percentage of the degree of agreement is that if more than 50 of the participants agree with the statement, the writer will take a forward step based on the statement. If the percentage from the participants is less than 50, the writer will not take a forward step on it. x x 100 n 44

2. MI Inventory Analysis

Besides answering the questionnaire, the students also have to do the MI inventory which is adopted from Amstrong 1994. In this MI inventory, there are 56 statements which describe 7 intelligences. Therefore, to find out the strongest intelligences among the students, the writer calculated the students’ answers using this formula: Where X: the total of MI n1- n6: the answers of each students on particular intelligence For the comments and the suggestions of the available module, the writer made a list of the respondents’ comments and suggestion in Appendix C.

3. Data Analysis Techniques of the Preliminary Field Testing

The researcher distributed questionnaire to three English tutors and a lecturer to obtain their opinion, suggestion and evaluation towards the designed materials. There are two parts in the questionnaire. In the first part, the participants were asked to give their opinion toward the designed materials guided by the statements. The following table shows the five degree of agreement on how the participants answered the questions. Table 3.4 Degree of Agreement Degree of Agreement Meaning 1 Strongly disagreevery poor 2 Disagreepoor 3 Neutral X = n1+ n2+ ….+ n6