According to Hatch and Farhady, hypothesis means a tentative statement about the outcomes of the research, it indicates that question must answered
by doing experiment
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. Two hypothesis are formulated as follows:
H : µ
1
= µ
2
, or H
A
: µ
1
≠ µ
2
Specifically, the hypothesis in this study is the form of the null hypothesis and alternative hypothesis. The null hypothesis H
indicates there is no significant difference in means between control and experimental group.
Meanwhile, the alternative hypothesis H
A
means that there us a significant difference between control and experimental group.
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Hatch and Farhady, Research Design and Statistic for applied linguistics, Los Angeles: Newbury House Publishers, Inc, 1982 p. 86.
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CHAPTER IV FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION
This chapter discusses two points. First, it presents the data gathered. Second, the data collected are analyzed concerning the research questions stated in this paper
and elaborated based on theories established.
A. Findings 1. Pilot test Result
As stated in chapter III, the pilot test went through two steps. Firstly, the instrument was validated by an English teacher. Secondly, the instrument
was administered to five students who did not included in both control and experimental groups in academic year 20132014. The result of the pilot test
is shown in the following table.
Table 4.1 The Result of Pilot Test
Aspect Student no. 1
Student no. 2 Student no. 3
Student no. 4 Student no. 5
Assessors’
Assessors 1
Assessors 2
Assessors 1
Assessors 2
Assessors 1
Assessors 2
Assessors 1
Assessors 2
Assessors 1
Assessors 2
Content 2
3 2
3 3
3 1
3 1
2 Vocabulary
2 3
3 3
2 3
2 3
2 3
Generic Structure
2 3
3 3
2 3
2 3
2 3
Language Feature
2 3
2 3
2 3
2 3
1 3
The Students are able to develop the argumentative writing based on the given topic that familiar for them. It can be seen from the scores that the
students got. As mentioned before, this research adopts the rubric of Brown. From the aspects, if the students get three scores mean that the contents that
the students write are understanable, two scores mean that there are many
