CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY OF RESEARCH
3.1 Research Method
In writing the thesis, the research method of the analysis is the library research by consulting some books and dictionaries to collect the theories. In
additional, some information is also found form the website to support or complete the collected theories.
In describing and explaining the findings, the method used is descriptive qualitative method. It refers to a research explaining the analysis or a hypothesis
of a research Strauss, 2003:7. The formula dealing with calculating data is merely used to support the data analysis. The formula is not intended to be the
main focus on the research.
3.2 Population and Sample
The data that are going to be analyzed are gathered from Dan Brown’s novel entitled The Lost Symbol and its translation into Bahasa Indonesia by Ingrid
Dwijani Nimpoeno.
3.3 Method of Data Observation
There are some pages chosen as the sample of the data analysis by using systematic sampling presented by Coheran Silalahi, 2010:264-265. In the
systematic sampling, the researcher is allowed to uncover more subtle differences
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that might be evident when comparing polar opposites. It also allows the maintenance of the greater consistency in data gathering Strauss 1990:184.
Using the Coheran’s systematic sampling, the samples can be selected by using a certain formula. The formula is:
N : Total number of population
n : Number of samples
k : Interval
The source of data consists of 133 chapters and 523 pages, however 23 pages are including the inside cover, acknowledgement, prolog and epilog. In
total, there are 500 pages for the content of chapters. Thus, with N = 500 and n = 50, numbers of interval are:
N =
n . k 500
= 50 . k
k =
10 Therefore, the sample taken is 50 pages with interval 10, started from page 6, 16,
26, 36, 46, 56, 66,76, 86, 96, 106, 116, 126, 136, 146, 156, 166, 176, 186, 196, 206, 216, 226, 236, 246, 256, 266, 276, 286, 296, 306, 316, 326, 336, 346, 356,
366, 376, 386, 396, 406, 416, 426, 436, 446, 456, 466, 476, 486, 496.
3.4 Methods of Data Analysis
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