34 H
1
= The mean score of gamer students is higher than the mean score of non- gamer students. H
1
= ̅ ̅
2. Pearson Product Moment
H = There is no statistically significant relationship between the frequency of
playing online games and the score in the students’ vocabulary test. H :
=
H
1
= There is a correlation between the frequency of playing online games and the score in the students’ vocabulary test
H
1
: ≠ 0
. G.
Research Procedure
This research was a survey research. Based on Wiersma 1995, there are seven steps procedures to conduct a survey research. The procedures to conduct the
survey research are planning, developing and applying of sampling plan, constructing of questionnaire schedule or interview, collecting the data, translating data, analyzing
data, and making a conclusion or reporting the research. First, the researcher made plans to do the survey research. Planning the
survey research is the important and critical thing to do in conducting survey research. In planning the survey research, the researcher defined the research
problem, reviewed the literature and developed the survey design. Second, the researcher developed and applied the sampling plan. In this step,
the researcher decided on the population of the research. Besides, the researcher identified the subpopulations and did sampling. Then, the researcher selected the
data. Constructing the questionnaire schedule and interview was the third step of
this survey research. The researcher selected the instruments of the research. Here, the researcher used a questionnaire and a test to conduct the research.
35 Collecting the data was the forth step for conducting this survey research. The
researcher gave the instruments of the research which were a questionnaire and a test to each participant. The researcher gather the data after it and did the follow ups.
The next step was translating the data. The researcher did coding of the data based on categories, such as the frequency of playing online games, the vocabulary
score, the feeling of playing online games, and the strategy of knowing new words. After that, the researcher prepared the data for the next step.
Analyzing the data was the sixth step of this survey research. The researcher analyzed separately between the individual and groups of items. The researcher then
synthesized the result and interpreted it. The last step of this survey research was making the conclusion and
reporting. The researcher made the conclusion based on the result that the researcher gathered. After knowing the result, the researcher reported the research result in the
form of a report.
