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CHAPTER 3 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

3.1. Method

To conduct this study, the researcher employed a descriptive research. This kind of research according to Gay 1992: 217, involves collecting data in order to test hypotheses or to answer question concerning the current status of the subject of the study. This research is meant to describe the English test types that used in the progress test for the first year students of SMAN 1 Pamulang. Considering the above problems, this research was a document analysis. Document analysis known as content analysis, deals with the systematic examination of current records or documents as sources of data Best, 1970: 133.This research was carried out without disturbing or influencing the subjects.

3.2. Data Source

The subject of this research was teacher-made test papers for the first year students of SMAN 1 Pamulang. The teacher-made test papers were designed for progress test in the first semester. There were four sets of progress tests used in this study. The topics were friendship, school life, domestic tourism and favorite sport.

3.3. Data Collection

In order to answer the first problem, the data collected were evaluated based on the objectives stated in the Competency Based Curriculum for the first year 27 students of SMA. The data were divided into categories and listed in tables based on the objectives that were measured. The table used is as follows: Table 1 : The blue prints of the progress test items based on the objectives measured. Total No Objectives ∑ Total The first column was used to write the numbers of the objectives. The second column was filled with the objectives statements. The third column was used to write the numbers of the items measuring one of the objectives stated. The last column was used to write the total frequencies of the items and their percentage. Table 4 : The list of test types used on each objectives. Total No Test types ∑ Total The first column was used to write the numbers of the test types. The second column was filled with the test type statements. The last column was used to write the total frequencies of the items and their percentage. To answer the second problem, this research applied the use of words to interpret the results of the data which have been found in the table in words or