26
CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD
A. Research Type
The research employed a descriptive-qualitative method where the result of this research was in a form of descriptive text. This is in line with Hancock,
Ockleford, and Windrigde 2009: 7 who state that qualitative research is concerned with developing explanations of social phenomena. That is to say, the
research which was in a descriptive form contains the explanation regarding the results of the research.
The results of the data analysis of repair phenomena in the conversation among the participants in the talk show were presented in the form of lingual units,
e.g. words, phrases, sentences, rather than in the form of numbers. It is in line with Hancock, Ockleford, and Windrigde 2009: 6 who says that qualitative
research focuses on reports of experience or on data which cannot be adequately expressed numerically. The fact that the data were presented in the form of lingual
units is clearly emphasizing Vanderstoep and Jhonsto n‟s statement 2008: 167 in
which the purpose of qualitative research is more descriptive than predictive.
B. Form, Context, and Source of the Data
Bungin 2007: 103 states qualitative data are usually in the forms of
sentences, utterances, and short stories. For that reason, the data of the research
were in the form of utterances uttered by the participants in the
talk show Anderson Cooper 360: Donald Trump, CNN Milwaukee Republican Presidential Town Hall Episode
. The utterance which contains the trouble source
was always considered as the data. The researcher gained the data from the
transcript of conversation among the participants in the talk show Anderson Cooper 360: Donald Trump
, CNN Milwaukee Republican Presidential Town Hall Episode
. As the research used qualitative method which contains the descriptive text
as the result, the data were in the forms of lingual units i.e., words, phrases, clauses, and sentences uttered by the participants involved in the talk show. The
contexts of the data were acquired from the dialogues between the participants in the talk show Anderson Cooper 360: Donald Trump, CNN Milwaukee Republican
Presidential Town Hall Episode
. By watching the talk show video namely Anderson Cooper 360: Donald
Trump , CNN Milwaukee Republican Presidential Town Hall Episode, the data of
this research were collected. The data source was an episode of the talk show Anderson Cooper 360: Donald Trump, CNN Milwaukee Republican Presidential
Town House Episode that was downloaded from the internet.
C. Research Instrument
Kategori