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E. Trustworthiness
Qualitative research does not use the term of validity and reliability to check the data. It concerns to the trustworthiness of the research
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Meanwhile, in this research the trustworthiness technique used is triangulation. It is the use of the other aspects to check or compare the data
Moleong: 2000: 178. Based on Denzin 1978 in www.wikipedia.com
methodological triangulation involves using more than one method to gather data, such as interviews, observations, questionnaires, and documents. The
purpose of triangulation in qualitative research is to increase the credibility and validity of the result. The data sources of triangulation that the writer
took are the headmaster of SD Negeri SBI Gemolong, and some students of the fourth grade. The techniques of triangulation that the writer used are
interview, observation, and questionnaires for the students at the fourth grade.
F. Techniques of Analyzing Data
The data in this research were analyzed by using descriptive qualitative method. The writer used an interactive model of analysis involving collecting the
data, reducing the data, presenting the data, and drawing conclusion Sutopo, 2002: 95. After the writer collected the data, she reduced and presented the data.
In reducing the data, the writer excluded meaningless data, so she got the important points of finding. It was followed by presenting the data; it means that
the writer presents the data systematically and logically, so the meaning of every
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event is clear. In the end of collecting the data, the researcher tried to verify the data based on reduction and data presentation.
1.Reducing the data Not all of the obtained data of the research are important. It means that the
important information must be taken and unimportant information must be ignored. In the process of the data reduction, the writer selected, focused,
simplified, and abstracted the data in the field note. The data reduction was done during the research activities. In this case, the writer reduced the information
during the research activities if the data were unimportant or did not support the data the writer needed.
2.Presenting the data Presenting the data means describing the data in the form of description or
narration. As the second component in analyzing the data, this technique was used in arranging the information, description, or narration to draw the conclusion. By
presenting the data, the writer considered what she should do; she could analyze or take the other action based on her understanding.
3.Drawing conclusion The third activity is drawing conclusion. In this study, conclusions were
drawn continuously throughout the course of the study. The writer accumulated and formulated her interpretations as she went along.
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She recorded not only what she would see each day but also what she interpreted based on those observations.
Collecting the data
Reducing the data Presenting the data
Conclusion
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CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION
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