CHAPTER 3. RESEARCH METHOD
This chapter presents the method of research that is used to conduct this research. This chapter comprises the type of research, the population of research,
the type of data, data collection, data processing, and data analysis.
3.1 The Type of Research
The researcher employs both qualitative and quantitative research. Mackey and Gass 2005: 162 define that “qualitative research is a research that is based
on descriptive data that does not make regular use of statistical proc edures”.
Denscombe also states that qualitative research correlates with words or images 2007. On the contrary, “quantitative research generally starts with an
experimental design in which a hypothesis is followed by the quantification of data and some s
ort of numerical analysis is carried out”. Mackey and Gass, 2005: 2.
Applying both types of research is usually called mixed method as Denscombe’s statement “a mixed method is one strategy that uses both qualitative
and quantitative methods” 2007: 107. In this research, the researcher applies the
method to analyse verb and verb phrase deviations as the data from a fan fiction story entitled The Big Five: Knight Princess in wattpad. This story is a work that
is based on the imaginary characters and not on a real event or people. This research uses quantitative research to count the types of verb and verb phrase error
that occur on the story and to know the dominant type of the error for answering the second research question in the previous chapter. After counting, it will be
interpreted and explained. The interpretation and explanation includes qualitative research. In addition, this research also applies deskwork method. Blaxter et al.
explain “deskwork method is a research process which do not necessitate going into the field and
can be done while sitting at a desk” 2010: 66. It is taken from literature, writing, and research using internet. The researcher is analysing the data
from the literary work so that it includes deskwork.
3.2 The Data of the Research
This research selects a whole population of the verb and verb phrase found on the fan fiction story. Arikunto
2006:136 states that “population is overall subjects of the research”. This way is applied to gain valid and complete data. 233
sentences are identified containing verb and verb phrase errors and 187 sentences of them include verb and verb phrase errors as predicate that are used as the data.
The sentences used contain 223 verb and verb phrase errors as predicate. Moreover, another reason why the whole population is chosen because the verb
and verb phrase deviation are often found while reading the story that consists of prologue and nine chapters.
3.3 The Type of Data
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