3.6 Method of Analyzing Data
3.6.1 Method of Scoring the Test
In scoring the multiple choice item tests, each correct answer is counted one point using the formula below:
S=
R N
X 100 Where:
S = score
R = total number of the correct answer
N = total number of items
3.6.2 Level of Achievement
The measurement of the students‘ achievement stated by Brown 2004: 289-294 is interpreted as follow:
Test Score Letter grades
Level of Achievement 90-100
80-89 70-79
60-69 Below 60
A B
C D
F Excellent
Good Adequate
Inadequateunsatisfactory Failingunacceptable
Finishing scoring the students, I calculated the mean of the students‘ score in simple present tense.
The formula was as follow: M =
∑X N
Where: M
= mean ∑X = sum of the scores
N = number of the students
Heaton 1975: 176
3.6.3 Method of Analyzing Questionnaire
In analyzing questionnaire I took some steps, firstly, I graded the items. For the answer yes I give score 3, for the answer doubt I give 2, and 1 for the answer no, I
give score 1. Then, I tabulated the data and calculated the mean. I calculated the mean by using formula:
M =
∑X N
Then, I matched the mean to the criterion given by Heaton 1975: 172 cited on Megayanti 2010: 48. The criterion was as follow:
Range of Mean
Students‘ Interest
The Advantage
Students‘ Achievement
The Relevancy
Sustainability 0.00-1.00
1.01-2.00 2.01-3.00
Low Medium
High Not
helpful Helpful
Very Helpful
Low Medium
High Not
relevant Relevent
Very Relevant
Not necessary
Necessary Very
Necessary
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CHAPTER IV RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
In this chapter, the data which had been collected were analyzed and discussed. Therefore, this chapter provides the descriptions of the research, the analysis of
each activity including try-out test, pre-test, cycle 1, cycle 2, and post-test. Moreover, this chapter also presents the analysis of the questionnaire.
Improvement of the students‘ mastery in simple present tense, discussion, and research findings complete this chapter.
4.1 Descriptions of the Research
This study is an action research. I conducted an action research for five activities. Those activities were try-out, pre-test, cycle 1, cycle 2, and post-test. All of those
activities were conducted in eleven meetings. The schedule of the research and outline of each stage could be seen in the following table.
Table 1.Schedule of the Research Activity
Try-out Pre-test Cycle 1 Cycle 2 Post-test 16
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March 2011
17
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March 2011
18
th
March 2011
19
th
March 2011
21
st
March 2011
22
nd
March 2011
23
rd
March 2011
24
th
March 2011
25
th
March 2011
26
th
March 2011
26
th
March 2011
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