To know the correlation between two variables, namely: reading motivation and reading speed, the writer used correlation level r as seen in the Table below:
Table 3.1 Interpretation of Product Moment Score
Coefficient of Correlation “ r ” Interpretation
0.00 —0.20
The Correlation is Neglected 0.20
—0.40 The Correlation is Weak
0.40 —0.70
The Correlation is Strong Enough 0.70
—0.90 The Correlation is Strong
0.90 —1.00
The Correlation is Very Strong
Interpretation of Product Moment Score, adapted from Burns and Grove, page: 157.
F. Hypothesis
The statistical hypothesis of this skripsi may be:
1. Null Hypothesis Ho
“There is no correlation between students’ motivation in reading and their reading speed”.
2. Alternative Hypothesis Ha “There is a correlation between students’ motivation in reading and their
reading speed”.
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CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDING
This chapter presents the result of the research. It discusses the findings which cover; the description of the data, the analysis of the data, the interpretation
of the data and discussion.
A. The Description of the Data
As it has been mentioned in the previous chapter, the sample was taken from 1 class of Department of English Education on second grade. The class consists of
30 students that was analyzed their scored in order to know whether there is any correlation
between students’ motivation in reading and reading speed of second semester of English Education of Department, State Islamic University Syarif
Hidayatullah, Jakarta. In this chapter, it will be discussed and explained about the score of
Motivation in Reading and the result of students reading speed achievement which has been collected. To find out whether there is significance correlation between
students’ motivation in reading and reading speed. The whole data is as follows:
1. Data of Students
’ Motivation in Reading andReading Speed
From the table it can be seen the total score from 30 respondents for students’ motivation in reading is 3092 and the reading speed test is 6675,18. The
result of reading motivation score and reading speed test can be seen as follows: a. The Highest Scores:
1 Reading Motivation Score : 114
2 Reading Speed Test : 288
b. The Lowest Scores: 1 Reading Motivation Score
:91 2 Reading Speed Test
:153.15
