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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
This chapter describes the methodology used by the researcher to conduct this research. This chapter also outlines the method of this research and the
technique in gathering and analyzing the data. Therefore, this chapter is divided into four sections: 1 the research method, 2 the sources of data 3 the
instruments and data gathering technique, and 4 the data analysis technique.
A. Research Method
This research described the word formation processes happen in The Hunger Games trilogy novels. To conduct this research, the researcher used
document analysis or content analysis in order to analyze the data. Ary, Jacobs, and Sorensen 2010 explain that
―content analysis focuses on analyzing and interpreting recorded material to learn about human behavior.
‖ Furthermore, Ary, et al. 2010 state that
―the material may be public records, textbooks, letters, films, tapes, diaries, themes, reports, or other documents
‖ p. 29. Therefore, from the definition, this research used document analysis as the research method to
analyze the data since it focused on analyzing the novels as the recorded material. In addition, Fraenkel, Wallen, and Hyun 2015 define content analysis as
―a technique that enables researchers to study human behavior in an indirect way,
through an analysis of their communications –many things which are produced by
human beings ‖ p. 476. This research analyzed the processes to form the words in
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the novels, as a part of humans to communicate –expressing idea– by producing
written words. This research aimed to analyze the word formation processes which
happen in The Hunger Games trilogy novels. Hence, this research dealt with morphology. Yule 2010 finds that morphology,
―which literally means ―the study of forms,‖ was originally used in biology, but, since the middle of the
nineteenth century, has also been used to describe the type of investigation that analyzes all those
basic ―elements‖ used in a language‖ p. 67. Therefore, it can be concluded that the nature of this research was morphological analysis since it
dealt with the morphemes in forming the words.
B. Sources of Data
The researcher used three novels as the main data sources to conduct this research. The first novel is entitled The Hunger Games. The novel was published
in 2008 and it has 374 pages. The second novel, which was published in 2009, is entitled Catching Fire and it consists of 391 pages. Finally, the last novel,
Mockingjay, was published in 2010 and it consists of 390 pages. Each of the novels has 27 chapters and all of them were published by Scholastic Press in New
York.
C. Instruments and Data Gathering Technique