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Method of Research Population and Sample Research Instrument

24 CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

A. Place and Time of the Research

This research conducted at eighth grade students of Mts. Mathla‘ul Anwar, which located at Jatiuwung, Tangerang on 12 May 2014 to 02 June 2014.

B. Method of Research

This research is designed as correlational research. ―Correlational research attempts to determine whether, and to what degree, a relationship exists between two or more quantifiable variables. The purpose of a correlational study may be to establish relationship or lack of it or to use relationship in making prediction.‖ 40 The main objective of this research is to discover the relationship between the two intended variables; students understanding in simple past ten se and the students‘ skill in writing recount text. It figured out how much the understanding of past tense affects their skill in writing recount text.

C. Population and Sample

1. Population Before selecting sample, the writer determined the population for this research. In this research, the writer took the population of the eighth grade students of Mts. Mathla‘ul Anwar, tangerang. The total population is about 88 students from 2 classes. 2. Sample In this research, the writer used purposive sampling as the method in taking the sample for the research. ―purposive sampling is a judgment sampling in which sample element judged to be ‗typical‘ or representative or choosen from the 40 L. R. Gay, Educational Research: Competencies for Analysis and Application, New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1987, p. 14. population. 41 The writer took 40 students from one class with the total population are 88 students from two classes for this research.

D. Research Instrument

In this research, the writer used test as an instrument of the research. The test is devided into two: grammar test and writing test. In the gremmar test, the writer asked the students to answer 30 multiple choice questions with 4 alternatives answer about past tense. In the writing test, the writer asked the students to construct at least 3 paragraphs about their activities yesterday.

E. Technique of Data Collection

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