34 consisted of 30 students that was used to try out the try out test. See appendix 4 on
page 69 and appendix 5 on page 70
C. Data Collecting Technique
According to Sugiyono, “Data collecting technique is the first main step in the research, because the main purpose of the research is to get the data.
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In gathering the data, the researcher used test.
Arikunto states that test is used to know and measure the objects‟ ability in a study.
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So this research is to know the students‟ mastery in using degrees of comparison. The researcher used multiple choice test to collect the data. Multiple choice test is
conducted to get the data of students‟ mastery in using degrees of comparison because based on the syllabus of KTSP 2006, the material has been taught at the tenth
grade of first semester of vocational high school.
D. Research Instrument
Instrument is a tool or facility that is used by researcher to collect the data in order to get better results. There are two kinds of instruments: test and non-test instrument.
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In this research, the instrument that used by the researcher was test. The researcher used multiple choice to know the student‟ mastery in using degrees of comparison.
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Sugiyono, Op.Cit. p. 224
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Suharsimi Arikunto, Prosedur Penelitian Yogyakarta: Rineka Cipta, 2010, p. 193
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Ibid, p. 100
35 The researcher gave multiple choice test. The purpose of this kind of test was to
measure the students ‟ mastery in using degrees of comparison.
E. Research Procedure
The researcher used the procedures of research as follow: 1. Determining the subject of the research
In this research, the subject of the research was the students of the tenth grade of SMK PGRI 4 Bandar Lampung. The subject of the research was 30
students took out from 60 students as the population. 2. Determining the instrument of the research
The researcher determined the instrument that would be given to the students. The researcher used multiple choice test as its instrument which consisted of
30 items. 3. Administering test
The students were asked to do a test about degrees of comparison. It was multiple choice test. The researcher distributed the test and answer sheet to
every students. Then, the students were required to finish the test in 60 minutes.
4. Collecting the students‟ work The researcher collected the students‟ work after conducting the test.
5. Analyzing the data. There were some steps to analyze the data after giving the test. There were:
36 a Checking the students‟ answer sheet
b Correcting the students‟ answer sheet one by one c Giving the students‟ score by using 1 for true answer and 0 for false
answer and 100 score was the highest score d Determining level of each students by using level of mastery
e Classifying the students‟ level of mastery to know the frequency‟s percentages of students‟ classification by using figure
f Calculating the total average score of the students to conclude the category of students‟ mastery
F. Try Out
