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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD

This chapter is presented to describe the research method. The researcher divided this chapter into six parts. There were type of the research – describing the approach in conducting this research; form, source and context of data – describing the data clearly; instruments of the research; data collection technique – dealing with how the data were collected; data analysis technique – showing how the data were analyzed; and data trustworthiness – describing the validity of the data.

A. Research Type

This research was conducted by using mixed method, a combination of qualitative and quantitative method. This research was included as descriptive qualitative research in which the researcher described the phenomena of request in The Intern movie by interpreting the data. According to Vanderstoep and Johnston 2009:7, qualitative research explains the description of textual phenomena. It refers to a research design which produces descriptive data. The researcher described the data by explaining it deeply. Moreover, Denscombe 2007:248 states that qualitative research described the data which were taken in the form of words by certain techniques from observations, reports and recordings. It focuses on the explanation using written texts. Meanwhile, this research also used quantitative method to convey the frequency of occurrences of each characteristic in the movie. Vanderstoep and Johnston 2009: 7 state that quantitative research focuses on statistical or numeral assignment in certain phenomena. By using quantitative research, the researcher could obtain the number of frequency of data in order to support the resea rcher‘s interpretation to the highest or lowest frequency. Hence, the researcher could gain the conclusion completely.

B. Forms, Sources and Context of Data

According to Denscombe 2007:286, the words or images are the data which are analyzed or produced in qualitative research. In this research, the data were utterances, in the form of sentences, phrases, clauses or words spoken by the main characters in The Intern movie, while the contexts of the data were dialogues. There were two kinds of sources namely primary source and secondary source. The primary data source was the movie itself. Meanwhile, data sheet and the script of the movie were the secondary data sources. In this research, the script was taken from an internet source, i.e. http:www.ivanachubbuck.comwp- contentuploads201202The-Intern-Ben-Patty-Entire-Screenplay.pdf.

C. Instruments