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CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION

A. The Description of Data

The research used questionnaire in VIII English Bina Prestasi 1 class to get motivation score. This class consists of 32 students; however 1 student did not come because she was sick. So, the respondents became 31 students. Before that, the first research was to know the validity of the data. In English learning score, the data collected from the English teacher of VIII English Bina Prestasi 1 class. The score was taken from the midterm test that was conducted in the first semester. Finally, the data was analyzed to know the correlation between students’ motivation and their English learning achievement with formula of Pearson Product Moment SPSS Program and Microsoft Excel program for comparison.

1. The Students’ Motivation Score

Students’ motivation score as X variable Independent variable in this study. To get the score, the research was conducted through questionnaire in VIII English Bina Prestasi class 1 as the sample. The table below describes the result of the students’ motivation questionnaire . Table 4.1 The Motivation Score X N Score X 1 69 2 61 3 62 4 60 5 68 6 63 7 64 8 64 9 66 10 70 11 73 12 69 13 58 14 60 15 59 16 55 17 62 28 28 18 54 19 66 20 56 21 68 22 73 23 64 24 63 25 72 26 63 27 53 28 71 29 52 30 65 31 61 N = 31 ∑X= 1964 the motivation scores are converted into achievement score by score balance See Appendixes, p.

2. The Students’ English Learning Achievement Score

The Y variable dependent variable, students’ English learning score took from their midterm school report. The description of data as below: Table 4.2 The English Learning Achievement Score Y N Score Y 1 97 2 94 3 94,5 4 91,5 5 88,5 6 84 7 99 8 91,5 9 74 10 93 11 96 12 97 13 90 14 82 15 94 16 91,5 17 84 18 89,5 19 94,5 20 94,5 21 91,5 22 81 23 97,5 24 71,5 25 93 26 99 27 90,5 28 96 29 87 30 30 30 87 31 91 N = 31 ∑Y= 2805

3. The Correlation between Students’ Motivation and their English

Learning Achievement Score To see how correlation between students’ motivation and their achievement, it is calculated through Pearson Product Moment. Table 4.3 The Correlation Score of X and Y Variable No X Y XY X 2 Y 2 1 69 97 6693 4761 9409 2 61 94 5734 3721 8836 3 62 94.5 5859 3844 8930.25 4 60 91.5 5490 3600 8372.25 5 68 88.5 6018 4624 7832.25 6 63 84 5292 3969 7056 7 64 99 6336 4096 9801 8 64 91.5 5856 4096 8372.25 9 66 74 4884 4356 5476 10 70 93 6510 4900 8649 11 73 96 7008 5329 9216 12 69 97 6693 4761 9409 13 58 90 5220 3364 8100 14 60 82 4920 3600 6724 15 59 94 5546 3481 8836 16 55 91.5 5032.5 3025 8372.25 17 62 84 5208 3844 7056 18 54 89.5 4833 2916 8010.25 19 66 94.5 6237 4356 8930.25 20 56 94.5 5292 3136 8930.25 21 68 91.5 6222 4624 8372.25 29