III. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3.1 RESEARCH METHOD
Nawawi states 1991: 61 states that method is a way which is conducted in order to reach the goal. In writing the thesis, the writer uses descriptive method.
As what Saifuddin 1998:7 says “Penelitian deskriptif bertujuan menggambarkan secara sistematis and akurat fakta dan karakteristik mengenai populasi atua
mengenai bidang tertentu.” Descriptive research aims to describe systematically and accurate of fact and characteristic of concerning population or about the
certain area. The writer describes the use of discourse marker in written text of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s speeches.
3.2 POPULATION AND SAMPLE
A population is a group of individuals persons, objects, or items from which samples are taken for measurement while a sample is a finite part of a
statistical population whose properties are studied to gain information about the whole Webster, 2003: 966. The data in this analysis are text of President Susilo
Bambang Yudhoyono’s speeches that the writer found from the internet accessed at http:www.presiden.go.idindex.php.engpidato2007.html. There are 30
speeches of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. The writer takes 5 speeches purposively as the sample related with foreign affairs. Arikunto says 2005:97
“Sampling bertujuan adalah teknik sampling yang digunakan oleh peneliti jika peneliti memiliki pertimbangan-pertimbangan tertentu di dalam pengambilan
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sampelnya. Purposive sampling is technique of sampling that is used by researcher when researcher has consideration in taking the sample. They are:
1. Speech by H. E Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono President of Republic
Indonesia at the ASEAN Forum: Rethinking ASEAN toward the ASEAN Community.
2. Speech by President of The Republic of Indonesia DR. Susilo Bambang
Yudhoyono at the Society Petroleum Engineering Asia Pasific Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition 2007 APOGCE 2007 on “Resource,
Professionalism, Technology: Time to Deliver” 3.
Speech by President of Republic of Indonesia at the Opening Ceremony of the 1
st
International Junior Olympiade IJSO 4.
The Challenge of Security for the World Economy Addressed by His Excellency DR. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono President of Republic
Indonesia at the APEC CEO-SUMMIT. 5.
Opening Remarks by President of the Republic of Indonesia at a Dialogue on Interfaith Cooperation: Community Building and Harmony.
3.3 METHOD OF COLLECTING DATA
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