Research Design Data Source Object of the Study Technique of Data Collection

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CHAPTER III METHOD OF INVESTIGATION

3.1 Research Design

In conducting this research, the researcher employs a descriptive qualitative method. A qualitative study is a study in which the collected data are in the form on sentences, they arranged, classified and the analyzed to get a conclusion moreover, Nunan 1992:3 point out that : “ Qualitative study assume that all knowledge is relative , that there is a subjective element to all knowledge and research, and that holistic, ungeneralisable studies are justiable an ungeneralisable study is one in which the insights and outcomes generated by the research cannot be applied to contexts, or situations beyond those in which the data were collected. Furthermore, Reichard and Cook as cited by Nunan 1992 : 4 argue that qualitative study is naturalistic and uncontrolled, subjective, process oriented , and ungeneralisable. There is no administration or control of treatment as it is found in experimental testing. In other words, the aim of the study is not testing a hypothesis but is seeking information to assist in decision making. By using this method, the researcher takes some steps such as observing, collecting, documenting and analyzing the data, and finally drawing a conclusion. In obtaining the purpose above, the writer applies descriptive qualitative method in carrying out his research. It is in order to describe the fact in The 47 Jakarta Post daily newspaper during January – May 2007. 103 abbreviations were studied.

3.2 Data Source

The data source of this research is The Jakarta Post daily newspaper. The data are found in The Jakarta Post daily newspaper during January – May 2007. there are 103 abbreviations as sample data under study.

3.3 Object of the Study

The object of this research is the abbreviation found in The Jakarta Post during January – May 2007. It takes 103 data sample.

3.4 Technique of Data Collection

The researcher collected the data taken from the Jakarta Post as the following steps: 1 Taking The Jakarta Post, 2 Reading The Jakarta Post, 3 Copying the abbreviation , 4 Writing it in a paper, 5 Coding the data into one paper Example: 001TJP102007, which means: 001 : Number of data TJP : The Jakarta Post 12 : Page of the data source newspapers 48 10 : Date of data source 2007 : Year of the data source 6 Analyzing the data.

3.5 Technique of Data Analysis