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3.3.1 Preparing a table
The first step was preparing a table in order to facilitate the data collection from the biography. The example of the table would be like this:
Table 3.1 The Sample of Table
NUMBER OF
DATA TYPE OF
DATA LOCATION
ANSWERING QUESTION
NUMBER PAGE
PARAGRAPH LINE
3.3.2 Reading
The second step was reading the biography several times in order to have deep understanding of the content and trying to find out the data related to the research
problems. While reading the biography, the writer identified the suspected data.
3.3.3 Identifying the Data
Identifying here means the activity of separating data from non-data. The identification was done by marking and numbering. The marking was done by
means of bracketing and underlining technique. For example: Indonesia : Tatkala mereka melihat Muhammad adalah orang pertama memasuki
tempat itu, mereka berseru: [‘ Ini Al-Amin, kami dapat menerima keputusannya.’] 3
English : While they were seeing Muhammad was the first person who entered
there, they shouted: [‘That he was Al-Amin, the trusworthy. We willingly accept all the decision.’]
When the process has been done, the next step was inventoryzing data.
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3.3.4 Inventorizing Data
Inventorizing refers to listing the identified data found in the biography by using a table. The table consists of columns of datum number, type of the data, data
location and answering which question. An example of inventorizing the data could be seen as follows.
Table 3.2 Example of Data Inventorization
NUMBER OF DATA
TYPE OF DATA
LOCATION ANSWERING
QUESTION NUMBER
PAGE PARAGRAPH
LINE 3
11 etc
Sentence Dialogue
57 69
3 5
2 2
1,2,3 1,2
The complete table can be found in Appendix 1. After the process of identifying and inventorizing was finished, 93 data
were collected. They consist of 66 sentences and 27 dialogues. If we see Appendix B, the facts show that each the datum did not answer the questions raised in the
introduction. Therefore, classification of data was needed in order to facilitate the writer in finding the supporting data for each research question.
3.3.5 Classifying the Data
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