Data Analysis Technique METHODOLOGY

D. Data Analysis Technique

Data analysis technique explains the steps to analyze the findings and to answer the research problems. According to Bogdan and Boklen 1998, p. 157 as cited in Ahmadi 2014, p. 230 data analysis technique is a research and arranging process using systematic transcript of interview, field notes, and the other materials related to the research topic. They also state that analyzing data has some works to be done, such as gathering and organizing the data, finding the pattern and the important things from the gathered data, and arrange the conclusion to be reported. Based on Ahmadi 2014, p. 229, data analysis in qualitative research is done by arranging the data logically and systematically. The researcher used some steps in analyzing the data. First, the researcher looked for some videos about Hillary Clinton’s speeches and interviews, and then found the words or sentences containing some women’s language features in her utterances. Second, the findings were analyzed and classified into the classification of women’s language features. Third, the findings of classifications were defined and explainedas the possible reasons why Hillary Clinton used those features of women’s language in her speeches based on Lakoff’s theory. Those three steps were to answer the research problem. The last, the data were concluded and the results were attempted to answer the research problems. To analyze the data, the researcher used cross tabulation table. The format of the table had been set by data gathering method done by the researcher. The component of the table was also adjusted for the Lakoff theory about the ten women’s language features. The table 3.1 is the example of cross tabulation table. Table 3.1 The Example of Cross Tabulation Table No Utterances Min LH TQ RI EA CT I HG SF SW ES Min : Minutes LHF : Lexical Hedges or Fillers TQ : Tag Questions RI : Rising Intonations EA : EmptyAdjectives CT : Precise Color Term I : Intensifiers HG : Hypercorrect Grammar SF : Super Polite Form SW : Avoidance of Strong Swear Words ES : Emphatic Stress

E. Research Procedures