Statistical Hypothesis RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

From the Table 4.1, it is known that the respondents were 35 students. The mean score of learning style questionnaire X was 84.37, median score was 84.00, mode score was 79, standard deviation was 7.046 and the range score was 25, minimum score was 71 and maximum score was 96. Meanwhile, the mean score of students’ reading comprehension of narrative test Y was 70.80, median score was 72.00, mode score was 72, std. deviation was 10.957, range was 44, the minimum score was 44 and the maximum score was 88. a. The Student’s Learning Style To determine students’ learning style X, the writer counted the highest score of three types of styles see Appendix 1. From the calculation, it was found that the most dominant style was visual 15 students followed by auditory 13 students and the last was kinesthetic 7 students. It can be seen as on Chart 4.1: Chart 4.1 The Ratio of Students’ Learning Style According to the Chart 4.1, then the writer counted the percentage of the dominant style of the students. To see the calculation of the percentage, the writer presented as formulated bellow: 1. Percentage of visual style x 100 = 42.85 2. Percentage of auditory style x 100 = 37.15 3. Percentage of kinesthetic style x 100 = 20 15 13 7 5 10 15 20 Visual Auditory Kinesthetic To tal o f Stu d e n ts Learning Style Hence, it can be shown as the Table follows: Table 4.2 Distribution Percentage of Students’ Learning Style Learning Style Frequency Percentage Visual 15 42.85 Auditory 13 37.15 Kinesthetic 7 20 Total 35 100 From the Table 4.2, it was known that the percentage of visual learning style was 42.85, auditory style was 37.15 and kinesthetic style was 20. Hence, it was concluded that the dominant style of eighth grade student in MTs Izzatul Islam Bogor in the academic year 2015-2016 was visual learning style. b. Students’ Reading Comprehension of Narrative Text Students’ reading comprehension of narrative text was gotten by giving them the test. The test consisted of 25 questions. From the Table 4.1, it can be seen that mean score of students’ reading comprehension of narrative text Y was 70.80, median score was 72.00, mode score was 72, std. deviation was 10.957, the range score was 44, minimum score was 44 and maximum score was 88. Meanwhile, the total score of students’ reading comprehension of narrative text Y was 2.478. The presentation of frequency distribution can be seen on Chart 4.2 below: Chart 4.2 Frequency Distribution of Students’ Reading Comprehension of Narrative Text From Chart 4.2, that the score 44, and 48 were one student for each score, there were five students got score 60, there were six students got 64 score, there was one student got 68 score, there were ten students got 72 score, there were three students got 76, there was one student got 78, there were two students got 84, and there were five students got 88. After presenting the distribution of students’ reading comprehension of narrative text, the writer categorized the score into Table 4.2. Table 4.3 The Distribution of Students’ Reading Comprehension Score of Narrative Text Range Score Value F 80 – 100 Excellent 7 70 – 79 Good 14 60 – 69 Avarage 12 50 – 59 Bad - – 49 Poor 2 Total 35