r
xy
: value of correlation coefficient n
: Number of respondents
F. Statistical Hypotheses
1. If r
o
as same as or higher than r
t
, the H
a
is accepted. It means there is a significant correlation between
the students’ grammar mastery and their reading comprehension at the 6
th
semester of Department of English Education of State Islamic University Jakarta on academic year 2015-
2016.
2. If r
o
is lower than r
t
, the H
a
is rejected. It means there is no significant correlation between
the students’ grammar mastery and their reading comprehension at the 6
th
semester of Department of English Education of State Islamic University Jakarta on academic year 2015-2016.
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CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDING
A. Data Description
The researcher conducted the research at the State Islamic University Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta UIN. The participants of the research were the 6
th
semester of Department of English Education DEE students on academic year 20152016. There
was one test that was given to the participants, it was reading test, in order to get the reading scores of the participants. The test consisted of 30 questions of multiple
choices. However, the researcher did not conduct the grammar 5 test by itself yet the researcher collected the grammar 5 scores from the lecturer of grammar 5 of DEE of
State Islamic University Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta. The data that were gotten are:
Table 4.1 Grammar Scores
Participants Grammar Scores X
Student 1 66
Student 2 77
Student 3 69
Student 4 88
Student 5 88
Student 6 71
Student 7 76
Student 8 80
Student 9 80
Student 10 83
Student 11 76
Participants Grammar Scores X
Student 12 80
Student 13 97
Student 14 71
Student 15 76
Student 16 85
Student 17 71
Student 18 76
Student 19 60
Student 20 71
Student 21 77
Student 22 57
Student 23 76
Student 24 76
Student 25 71
Student 26 57
Student 27 63
Student 28 80
Student 29 77
Student 30 60
Student 31 90
From the scores that were collected above, the researcher needed to know the statistical score of the data including the mean, median, mode, maximum score,
minimum score, and standards deviation of the scores. To find out those statistical scores of the data above, the researcher used SPSS. The descriptions of the finding
were described below:
Table 4.2 Grammar Score
Statistics
Grammar N
Valid 31
Missing Mean
75.00 Median
76.00 Mode
76 Std. Deviation
9.606 Variance
92.267 Minimum
57 Maximum
97
From the calculation of SPSS, the average score of grammar is 75. The median score of grammar is 76. The mode or the score that show the most is 76. The highest
score of grammar is 97 and the lowest score is 57. The standard deviation is 9.606 with variance 92.267.
Table 4.3 Reading Comprehension
Participants Reading Comprehension
Scores Y
Student 1 40
Student 2 57
Student 3 53
Student 4 53
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