Research Design Population and Sample

CHAPTER III METHOD OF RESEARCH

3.1 Research Design

Bungin 2005:40-41 states that there are 3 kinds of research based on the location of the research i.e. field research, library research, and laboratory research. Term “field research” is the collection of information outside of a laboratory, library, or workplace setting. www.wikipedia.com. Participant observation, data collection, survey research are examples of field research which is contrast with the other research methods. The advantages of field research are the researchers can know the real conditions in the field and can design the best way to discover the particular information required. Beside the field research, I also apply library research. Nawawi 1993:30 states that library research is done by collecting data from any kinds of literatures in library as well as other places. A library research will generally include primary sources and secondary sources. The method of the study used is quantitative method. Arikunto 2002:12 says that quantitative research applies number from collecting the data, describing the data, until the result of the research. Quantitative research is the systematic empirical investigation of observable phenomena via statistical, mathematical or computational better by applying table, graph, draft, picture, etc. Universitas Sumatera Utara

3.2 Population and Sample

The population of this research is the 20142015 twelfth year students of hospitality accommodation program in SMK Raksana 2 Medan. There is one class which consists of 33 students. Considering that the number of the students is small, so the researcher decided to take the population as the sample. As Arikunto 2006:413 says “If the population less than 100, it is better to take the population as the sample, if the population more than 100 the researcher has to take 10-15 or 20- 25 or more for the sample.” The population of the research is small. As considering that there is one class in hospitality accommodation. The researcher decided to take the population as the sample. The sample of the research is 33 students. It means the percentage of the sample is 100.

3.3 Analysis Instruments