Grading the Items of the Questionnaire Determining the Grade Score Tabulating the Data of Questionnaire Finding the Mean

4.6.1. Grading the Items of the Questionnaire

The questionnaire consisted of five questions; each of them had these options namely: a, b, and c. each option had a score that showed the quality of each item. The score ranges were from 1 to 3 as shown in the table below: Table 11. Grading the items of questionnaire Options Score Meaning A 1 Low B 2 Medium C 3 High Arikunto, 1998: 215 in Ratnasari, 2005 The explanation of the point above was a. If the students choose a, the score is 1, it means that it is low, b. If the students choose b, the score is 2, it means that it is medium, c. If the students choose c, the score is 3, it means that it is high.

4.6.2 Determining the Grade Score

The writer analyzed the result of the questionnaire after the students answered the questionnaire. The result of the data analysis of each question could be classified into a range of mean below: Table 12. Determining the score grade Range of Mean Students’ Interest The Advantage Students’ motivation The relevancy Sustainability 0.00- Low Do not Low Not Not 1.00 1.01- 2.00 2.01- 3.00 Medium High help the students Help the students help the students very much Medium High relevant Relevant Very relevant necessary Necessary Very necessary

4.6.3 Tabulating the Data of Questionnaire

The purpose of tabulating the questionnaire was to make the result of grading clearly. The table consists of these columns: name and score per item, which was presented in appendix

4.6.4 Finding the Mean

The formula used for computing the mean is as follows: M = x N Then the result of the mean of each aspect was as follows: Table 13. The result of the mean Issue Mean Students’ interest The advantage of using puppets in teaching transactional and interpersonal conversation Students’ motivation 2.16 2.8 2.52 The relevancy of using puppets in teaching transactional and interpersonal conversation Sustainability 2.6 2.44

4.6.5 Matching the Mean to a Criterion