Therefore, there seems no doubt that students’ good reading habit
contribute to their reading comprehension. It is important to prove the relationship between students reading habit and their reading comprehension.
E. Hypothesis
Based on the theoretical and conceptual framework, the hypotheses can be formulated as follows: there is any relationship
between students’ reading habit
and their reading comprehension.
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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
This chapter presents the place and time of the research, methods o f the research, population and sample, research instruments, technique of data
collecting, and technique of data analysis.
A. Place and Time of the Research
This research was conducted at SMA DUA MEI located in Jl. H. Abdul Gani No. 135 Cempaka Putih Ciputat Timur Tangerang Selatan. This research was
on August 19
th
until August 22
nd
2013 2014.
B. Method of the Research
In doing this research, the writer used quantitative method; quantitative research is essentially collecting numerical data to explain a particular
phenomenon.
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In this research, the writer used questionnaire to score students’
reading habit. Then, the writer conducted reading comprehension test to measure their reading comprehension score. Then, Pearson Product moment correlation is
used to correlate two variables and to find out the significance relationship between students’ reading habit and their reading comprehension. The
independent variable of this research is the students’ reading habit variable X
and the students’ reading comprehension is the dependent variable variable Y.
C. Population and Sample
The populations of this research were second grade students of SMA DUA MEI Ciputat. There are 71 total students; they are 35 science students and 36
social students of second grade SMA Dua Mei Ciputat. Moreover, the writer only took 40 samples. In this research the writer used simple random sampling to
collect the data of the students.
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Daniel Muijs, Doing Quantitative Research in Education, London: Sage Publications Ltd., 2004, p. 2.
