Type of Study RESEARCH METHOD

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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD

A. Type of Study

This research was conducted by using descriptive qualitative method. The qualitative method served descriptive data. According to Vanderstoep and Johnston 2009: 7, a qualitative research is used to produce narrative or textual description of the phenomena under the study. This method emphasizes on process and description which are not examined or measured in term of quantity. Sugiyono 2012: 24 says that qualitative method is used to understand the deep meaning which cannot be described in quantitative method. In this research, a qualitative design was used to describe the word formation processes of jargon and the functions of jargon in Money Ball. Moreover, to support the research, the researcher also used a quantitative analysis. The quantitative analysis was used to count the percentage of occurrences of the data. It is used to ensure that the data measurement is precise. B. Research Instrument In this research,the primary instrument was the researcher itself. Sugiyono 2012: 222 describes that in a qualitative research, the key instrument is the researcher itself. He also says that a researcher acts as the human instrument, which has the function to decide the focus of the research, the source 32 of the data, the process of collecting the data, analyzing the data, interpreting the data, and making the conclusion. Furthermore, to support data analysis, the researcher also used a secondary instrument. The secondary instrument was a data sheet which was used to collect the data from the dialogues of Money Ball. C. Form, Context and Source of Data According to Bogdan and Taylor in Moleong 2001: 3 qualitative research is a research which produces descriptive data including written and spoken words and behavior. The data of this research were in the form of words and phrases which were taken from the film Money Ball. The context of the data was the dialoguesconversations performed by the characters in the movie. The data were taken from the movie, entitled Money Ball. According to Denscombe 2007: 289, the data of qualitative research can be taken from fieldwork notes, interview transcript, texts, photographs, etc. The source of the data was taken from the transcript of the film. The transcript was taken from http:www.springfieldspringfield.co.ukmovie_script.php?movie=MoneyBall

D. Techniques of Data Collection