∑X
2 2
: The sum of deviation scores for lower group n
i
: The number of students for upper or lower group 27 x N N
: The number of the students taking the test Criterion:
The item has the significant discriminating power if t t
table
3.8 The Administration of Real Test
Based on the computation by using the above criteria, 1 completion test item was considered insignificant and 8 items were significant, whereas 2 of the translation
items were insignificant and 12 items were significant. The result can be seen in appendix 3.
3.8.1 Revision of Arrangement of Test Items
The completion test given to the students consisted of 17 items which were divided into 8 items concerning gerunds and 9 non-gerund items functioning as
distracters to make the respondents believe that they were not tested only about gerund. Those 17 items were divided into two texts, text 1 ‘Persistent’ consisting of 8
items; 4 items were related to gerund and the other four were not, whereas text 2 ‘Mary Had a Little Lamb’ consisting of 9 items; 4 items were related to gerund and
five others were not. The translation test consisted of 18 items of Indonesian sentences; 12 items were related to gerund and 6 items were not.
After revising the test items, the writer then arranges the test items into the following numbers:
1 Completion test:
a. Text 1
Test on the use of gerunds as direct objects, numbers: 1, 3. Test on the use of gerunds as objects of preposition, number: 4.
Test on the use of gerunds used after possessive, number: 7. b.
Text 2 Test on the use of gerunds as direct objects, number: 5.
Test on the use of gerunds as objects of preposition, numbers: 4, 6, and 7. 2
Translation test Gerunds as subjects, numbers: 5, 9, 14.
Gerunds as direct objects, numbers: 1, 15. Gerunds as subjective complement, numbers: 2, 7, 10, 18.
Gerunds used in the negative adjective ‘No’, numbers: 4, 13, 17.
3.8.2 Real Test
The test to get the data was administered on May 30, 2007 to IV C Parallel Education Class consisting of 20 respondents and on June 8, 2007 to IV A Regular
Education Class consisting of 29 respondents.
3.9 Method of Collecting Data In doing this final project, the writer collected the required data and
information from the two main sources: 1
Library Research Library research refers to the activity of gathering data from library facilities such
as references of fundamental theories, which support the writer’s effort in doing the research.
2 Field Research
Field research refers to the research conducted at the English Department of UNNES. The writer chose the fourth semester students of English Department as
the subject of the research because they were supposed to have known about gerund.
3.10 Method of Analyzing Data
