The Technique of Analyzing the Data

F. The Technique of Analyzing the Data

Before analyzing the data, the researcher firstly decided which the qualitative and quantitative data is. Observation sheet and field notes were as the sources of qualitative data while the evaluation sheet was as the source of quantitative data.

1. Analyzing the Qualitative Data In analyzing the qualitative data the researcher processed by following some

steps as follows.

a. Reduction of the data is evaluating and classifying the data based on the information from the observation and evaluation sheet and must be organized according to the statement of the research. In this step, the researcher categorized and reduced the unsuccessful data taken from the observation sheet and field notes.

b. Explanation of the data is all of the data that have been organized must be classified to get the meaning in the table, graphic or narration forms.

c. Conclusion is after making the explanation of the data, the researcher takes some conclusions about the data in the statement of formula form. Especially for observation sheet the researcher needs to analyze and evaluate the data through a formula as Tuckman in Nurgiyantoro (2001: 287) writes,

Which: PD : Percentage degree

F : Frequency of the researcher’s and students’ activities have been already done T A : Whole activities of the researcher and the students

100 : Constant and maximal number of percentage

Either the researcher’s or the students’ activities are calculated to find the percentage to make sure whether the teaching-learning process runs well as designed

in lesson plan. According to Nurgiyantoro (2001:399), the researcher’s activities are classified to the following scale (%) 0% - 39%

: the degree of teaching level is fail. 40% - 59% : the degree of teaching level is less. 60% - 74% : the degree of teaching level is enough. 75% - 84% : the degree of teaching level is good. 85% - 100% : the degree of teaching level is very good. While the students’ activities are classified to the following scale (%) 0% - 39%

: the degree of the students’ activities level is fail. 40% - 59% : the degree of the students’ activities level is less. 60% - 74% : the deg ree of the students’ activities level is enough. 75% - 84% : the degree of the students’ activities level is good. 85% - 100% : the degree of the students’ activities level is very good.

2. Analyzing the Quantitative Data Quantitative data is necessary to analyze for knowing whether the students’ ability in mastering vocabulary in writing skill has been increased or not. The quantitative data is obtained from the evaluation sheet. The evaluation sheet is analyzed based on the question that is used to test the students. These tests are the questions that must be answered by the students, and to obtain the value this data is analyzed by using the formula form, as Nurgiyantoro (2001: 399) states that percentage degree of ability as follows:

After getting the value, the researcher classifies the value according to the degree of ability such as presented below:

0 - 39 is classified as fail

40 - 59 is classified as less

60 - 74 is classified as enough

75 - 84 is classified as good

85 - 100 is classified as very good

As the indicator of the students’ achievement, the researcher used the Minimum Competence Criterion (MCC) that has been decided in SMP

Negeri 2 Hiliserangkai that is 70. The students who got score ≥ MCC are successful, but the students who got the score <MCC are unsuccessful. Because in Cycle I was unsuccessful the researcher continued in the next cycle, in Cycle I there were (70%) students did not passed of MCC, and there were (30%) students passed of MCC. While in Cycle II, the students’ ability in mastering vocabulary was increased, all of them passed of MCC.