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related to researcher’s analysis and the data analysis.
9. Analyzing Data
The researcher analyzed the data in two sections. Initially, the researcher conducted an analysis to measure the validity of English test items of National
Examination year 2012 for senior high schools. After that, the researcher conducted analysis to measure the authenticity of English test items of National
Examination year 2012 for senior high schools. The authenticity analysis was elaborated into two kinds of analysis namely the analysis of test task authenticity
and the analysis of the test text authenticity.
10. Triangulation
In order to ensure that the research data and the findings of this research are valid, the researcher verified some samples of the data to the educational
experts. There were four experts lecturers who were as the respondents and verified the research data which were related to authenticity of the test tasks and
the test texts of the test items on National Examination. The instruments which were going to be employed in order to obtain data triangulation are open-ended
questionnaires. The questionnaires consisted of nine random test items from each reading test versions and the research analysis correlated to the test items which
were included in the questionnaires.
11. Reporting
After conducting the analysis and validation, the researcher reports the results. The results were elaborated into two discussions. First is the analysis of
content validity of the senior high school National Examination year 2012. The
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second is the analysis of the authenticity of the senior high school National Examination year 2012.
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CHAPTER 4 RESEARCH RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
In this chapter, the results of the research will be explained and the results reveal the findings of this research. This research aimed to evaluate a set of
English items of National Examination year 2012 in case of its content validity and authenticity. It is important to discuss because National Examination is the
most important standardized test to evaluate the students’ ability and knowledge. Therefore, the test items should qualify criteria of valid and relatively more
authentic tests. The researcher got the data from analyzing the set of English items using checklists in order to find that the set of English items is valid and relatively
more authentic. The checklists contain criteria of a valid and relatively more authentic test. Moreover, the data triangulation of this research analysis shows
that the data findings on this research are considered as reliable and valid.
A. Content Validity of 2012 English Test Items in National Examination for Senior High Schools
The research results, which were obtained, were divided into two parts. First part is the analysis results of content validity of listening and reading test
items on National Examination year 2012 based on Competence Standard and Basic Competence. The second one is the analysis results of content validity of
listening and reading test items on National Examination year 2012 based on Graduate Competence Standard. Before conducting analysis both listening and
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