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
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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