3.2 The Data of the Research
This research selects a whole population of the verb and verb phrase found on the fan fiction story. Arikunto
2006:136 states that “population is overall subjects of the research”. This way is applied to gain valid and complete data. 233
sentences are identified containing verb and verb phrase errors and 187 sentences of them include verb and verb phrase errors as predicate that are used as the data.
The sentences used contain 223 verb and verb phrase errors as predicate. Moreover, another reason why the whole population is chosen because the verb
and verb phrase deviation are often found while reading the story that consists of prologue and nine chapters.
3.3 The Type of Data
The data in this research are qualitative and quantitative data. According to Denscombe 2007:286, “qualitative data take the form of words spoken or
written and visual images”, while “quantitative data take the form of numbers.”
Denscombe 2007: 254. In line with it, in this research, the verb and verb phrase errors found on the object are as the source of qualitative data. Then, the source of
quantitative data is the data that are the statistical form of the verb and verb phrase deviations. The quantitative data are obtained from calculation of verb and verb
phrase error types that occur on the object of this research which applies surface strategy taxonomy Dulay et al, 1982.
3.4 Data Collection and Data Processing
In a research that applies mixed method, the researcher should make sure that both data qualitative and quantitative data have been collected Creswell,
2012. Creswell 2012 also suggests some options in sequencing of data collection for mixed method research:
1 Collect both quantitative and qualitative data at the same time
2 Collect quantitative data first, followed by qualitative data
3 Collect qualitative data first, followed by quantitative data
4 Collect both quantitative and qualitative at the same time as well as in
sequence. This research uses the third option in collecting data. The researcher firstly
gets the qualitative data by several steps that are shown below. a.
Asking permission to the author for using her work to be analysed. b.
Taking the original work from the author. c.
Joining Wattpad in www.wattpad.com
to compare the original and published work and know how many readers, likers and voters that has
obtained by the author. d.
Rereading the story and paying attention on the verb and verb phrases. After collecting the data, the data will be processed by two steps below.
a Retyping the verb and verb phrase as predicate that deviate as the data.
b Grouping the errors into the categories that are served.
Next, quantitative data will be gained from the verb and verb phrase errors found that have been classified and counted to find the frequency and percentage
of occurrence.
3.5 Data Analysis Method
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