Argumentative Writing Skill Data
Furthermore, the linearity and normality tests are crucial to decide whether parameter statistic or non-parameter statistic used in this study. In this study, the
parameter statistic is used to calculate the data. Therefore, as the requirements in the parameter statistic in correlation research, the linearity and normality
distributions of the data have to be examined first. The explanation of tests of linearity and normality distribution are
presented as follow: a.
Test of Linearity The linearity of critical thinking skill and argumentative writing skill data
are analyzed by using SPSS software and presented using ANOVA Table. The result of the analysis is represented in the table below:
Table 4.3 Data Linearity Analysis
Table 4.3 above reveals the linearity distribution of the data of both critical thinking skill and argumentative writing skill. It results that the linearity
data is in the significance of 0.00. It is lower than the level of significance 0.05 which the value is 4.05 0.00 4.05. Because the linearity value is lower than
the level in significance of 0.05, it means that both of the data have linear distribution; therefore, parameter statistic is used in this study.
ANOVA Table Sum of
Squares df Mean
Square F
Sig. Argumentati
ve Writing Skill
Critical Thinking
Skill Between
Groups Combined
783.054 14
55.932 2.581
.026
Linearity 398.963
1 398.963 18.413
.000
Deviation from
Linearity
384.091 13
29.545 1.364
.259
Within Groups 433.346
20 21.667
Total 1216.40
34
b. Test of Normality
The normality test was conducted using SPSS software. The normality test is conducted in order to know whether the populations from which the samples
are taken are normally distributed or not. It is important because normal data is an underlying assumption in parametric testing. The result of normality test is
presented as follow:
Table 4.4 Normality Data Analysis
Kolmogorov-Smirnov
a
Shapiro-Wilk
Statistic df
Sig. Statistic
df Sig.
Critical Thinking Skill
.099 35
.272 .966
35 .351
Argumentative Writing Skill
.083 35
.272 .980
35 .765
. This is a lower bound of the true significance. a. Lilliefors Significance Correction
From Table 4.4 above, it shows that the Kolmogorov- Smirnov normality test results are .272 for variable Y and .272 for variable X. Meanwhile, the
normality test using Shapiro-Wilk is .765 for variable Y and .351 for variable X. From the results described above, it can be concluded that the data of both
critical thinking skill and argumentative writing skill of the twelfth grade students of SMA Kharisma Bangsa are normally distributed. It can be seen from the
significant results from both Kolmogorov- Simonov and Shapiro-Wilk which are higher than the result L table in the significance of 0.05 which the value is 0.224
.272 0.224, .765 0.224, .351 0.224. c.
Pearson Product Moment Correlation Test Due to the fact that both of the data critical thinking skill and
argumentative writing skill tend to be linear and normally distributed, the parametric statistic that is used in this study is Pearson Product Moment. It is used
to find out the correlation coefficient between two variables. The final score of variables X and Y are presented in the following table:
Table 4.5 The Final Score of Critical Thinking and Argumentative Writing
No. Participants
X Y
X2 Y2
XY
1. 1
65 77
4225 5929
5005 2.
2 67.5
75 4556.25
5625 5062.5
3. 3
70 73.5
4900 5402.25
5145 4.
4 77.5
77.5 6006.25
6006.25 6006.25
5. 5
80 81
6400 6561
6480 6.
6 82.5
81.5 6806.25
6642.25 6723.75
7. 7
82.5 70.5
6806.25 4970.25
5816.25 8.
8 70
75 4900
5625 5250
9. 9
85 83.5
7225 6972.25
7097.5 10.
10 65
72.5 4225
5256.25 4712.5
11. 11
72.5 75.5
5256.25 5700.25
5473.75 12.
12 82.5
83 6806.25
6889 6847.5
13. 13
77.5 68
6006.25 4624
5270 14.
14 70
81.5 4900
6642.25 5705
15. 15
85 83
7225 6889
7055 16.
16 62.5
73.5 3906.25
5402.25 4593.75
17. 17
55 67.5
3025 4556.25
3712.5 18.
18 67.5
69.5 4556.25
4830.25 4691.25
19. 19
70 83.5
4900 6972.25
5845 20.
20 75
64.5 5625
4160.25 4837.5
21. 21
57.5 72.5
3306.25 5256.25
4168.75 22.
22 92.5
84.5 8556.25
7140.25 7816.25
23. 23
77.5 74.5
6006.25 5550.25
5773.75 24.
24 92.5
81.5 8556.25
6642.25 7538.75