C. Data Collecting Technique
The data in this research were all taken from conversations and narrations in the form of words, phrases, clauses and sentences which related to category of
themes and sub-themes. In order to get the clear understanding of the content of the text, the researcher collected the data, categorized the data, and analyzed the
data by herself. Basically, the significant way to collect the data in this research is by
reading stories carefully and making notes after that. The researcher used the close reading technique by reading carefully more than once to get the detail
information and data relevant to research questions. The researcher read the story then she collected the data by making notes relevant to the questions.
The process of data collecting technique consists of five steps, namely careful and comprehensive reading, note-taking, data interpreting, describing the
data and categorizing. Firstly, the researcher read all stories in Are You There Go? It’s Me Margaret written by Blume in order to understand the texts. Next, the
stories were re-read several times more carefully. Meanwhile, the researcher took notes on the object to be analyzed. Another careful reading was done along with
data interpretation. Afterwards the data were described further. Finally, the data were categorized into the units in line with the topic of the discussion. Besides
reading the novel, comprehensive reading was also done to get the detail information indicating the themes, sub-themes and the types of themes exist in the
novel.
During the recording of the data, the researcher used a particular form of note to easily see the development of her research focus. The researcher made a
table to put the classified main data that in each category. The table of the data is presented in the table below:
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Table 1. The Data Sheet
D. Data Analysis
Based on Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret, the researcher tried to
identify the themes and sub-themes, to figure out the types of the themes, and to find out how theme contributes to children development.
The data were analyzed in order to accomplish the researcher‘s goals. The data analysis dealt with the process of data reducing, data display and conclusion
drawing. First, all data in the source were included the relevant data only. Next, those relevant data were displayed in the data sheet. The researcher categorized
those data into several groups. Finally, after being displayed, those data were verifies and conclusions were drawn.
E. Data Trustworthiness
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