Sample and Sampling Technique Research Procedure

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3.2. DATA and SOURCE of DATA

Arikunto states, “The source of data in this research is the subject which information can be achieved.” 1987: p.102. Moreover, “The data itself can be obtained from scripts, interviews, photography, videotapes, personal documents, etc.” Djajasudarma, 1993: p.15. The source of data is obtained from an American film entitled The Color Purple directed by Stephen Spielberg film and from raters. The main data of this research is an American film entitled The Color Purple and its translation, whereas the data are sentences containing syntactic features of Black English Dialect and also questionnaire.

3.3. Sample and Sampling Technique

Sample is a part of representation of the data being observed.” Arikunto, 1986: p.92. Sample in qualitative data are related to the context in which each context is unique. Thus, each datum is analyzed based on its context. Moleong states that such research is not purposed at generalizing the population but it is aimed at describing specific things found in data Moleong, 2002:p. 165, whereas technique of sampling is a technique of which is applied when choosing samples Hadi, 1983: 75. The researcher employs a total sampling technique. Thus she takes all sentences containing Black English dialect as reflected in The Color Purple film which are translated into Bahasa Indonesia. Those sentences are taken as sample of this research. In addition, the questionnaire which has been assessed by three 40 raters to find the accuracy and acceptability of the translation of the film are included in the analysis.

3.4. Research Procedure

The procedure the researcher applied in conducting the research is as follows: 1. The researcher determines the document to be analyzed, e.g. the Black English dialect in The Color Purple and its translation in Bahasa Indonesia. 2. The researcher collects the data in the form of dialogues from the original script and its translation. 3. The data are classified according to how the sentences containing syntactic features of Black English Dialect are translated into Bahasa Indonesia. 4. The data are coded in order to make the data classification and the data analysis will be easy to understand. 5. The data are analyzed based on the problem statements. 6. The results of the translation are then compared and their original message to know the types, accuracy, and acceptability of the translation and to make classification on the accuracy and acceptability of the translation. 7. The researcher draws some conclusions in order to find the answer of the problem statements based on the analyzed data and provides some suggestions. 41

3.5. Technique of Collecting Data