Sanata Dharma University. Table 3.1 below provides the summary of the major points of the interview.
Table 3.1 Points of Interview No. Points
1. 2.
3. 4.
5. 6.
Students’ source in writing an essay. Students’ understanding in attaching the source.
Concept of plagiarism. Copy-pasting activity in writing.
Difficulties and problem solving. Suggestion
D. Data Gathering Techniques
To make the research data more accurate, the writer conducted a research using two instruments. The two instruments were students’ work and interview.
The researcher asked permission to the lecturers who taught Academic Essay class, especially class A, C, D, and E. The students’ work here meant the students’
final writing assignment whose source was from the internet. Then the researcher copied the students’ writing project to make the analysis easier. The data were
gathered from ten students from class A, C, D, and E. After conducting the analysis of students’ work, the researcher needed additional information to
strengthen the result of the first instrument. Direct interview was applied in gathering the additional information. To complete the information, the researcher
took eight respondents to the interview section from class A, C, D, and E. In the interview section, the researcher gave some questions and recorded it.
E. Data analysis Technique
The researcher obtained the data from students’ work as the main sources in this research. Hence, to measure the analysis of the students’ work, the
researcher used APA documentation style as the standard. The researcher downloaded the original sources from the references that students wrote on their
paper and compared it to the students’ final paper. It aimed to check the originality of students’ work. From this analysis, it would be seen students’
problems in citing, especially from online sources. After gathering data from students’ work, the researcher conducted the
interview as the second instrument in checking the data. It was needed to check the data from the first instrument, the interview section was also important
because students could express what they were thinking directly and freely. The researcher recorded the interview using mp4 player. Afterwards, the researcher
wrote down the interview transcript as the data.
F. Research Procedures
There were some steps in doing this study on investigating students’ problems in citing the online sources on Academic Essay class. The first step was
a library study. The researcher tried to find some issues related to writing. Afterwards, realizing that nowadays internet gives big influences to students
especially in writing class, the researcher found a specified topic about online sources. The third step was formulating a research question. The research question
of this study is: What are students’ problems in citing the online sources to their work in class? The data of this research came from two instruments. The first one
was students’ work, and the second instrument was interview. In analyzing the data, the researcher took the original sources as the comparison. After that, the
interview transcripts were used to check the result and obtain additional information of the data. Finishing all the process, the researcher reported the
research findings. To understand the process, the writer provides the figure 3.2 below:
Figure 3.2 The Research Procedures
