21 in SPD. Therefore, by using this perspective, the researcher tries to see to what
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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
In this chapter, the researcher discusses about the method that is used for this research. This chapter consists of six parts which are research method,
research subject, research instruments and data gathering technique, data analysis technique, triangulation, and research procedure.
A. Research Method
The researcher uses qualitative research as the research method for this research. Qualitative researchers seek to understand a phenomenon by focusing on
the total picture rather than breaking it down into variables. The goal is a holistic picture and depth of understanding rather than a numeric analysis of data.
According to Hancock 2002, qualitative research is concerned with developing explanations of social phenomena. Therefore, it aims to help us to understand the
world in which we live and why things are in the way they are. Qualitative research concerns with the social aspects of our world and seeks to answer
questions about: why people behave as the way they do, how opinions and attitudes are formed, how people are affected by the events that go on around
them, how and why cultures have developed in the way they have, the differences between social groups.
Hancock 2002 also emphasizes that qualitative research is concerned with the opinions, experiences and feelings of individuals producing subjective
23 data. Qualitative research describes social phenomena as they occur naturally.
Ary, Jacobs, and Sorensen 2010 state that by using qualitative research, a researcher is able to look for the understanding of the phenomenon by
emphasizing on the holistic picture. It does not rely heavily on hypothesis testing, cause and effect, and statistical data.
This research is a form of study of phenomena. According to Hancock 2002, phenomena study is a way of describing something that exists as part of
the world in which we live. Phenomena may be events, situations, experiences or concepts. The researcher’s aim to this research is to get the deep exploration of the
phenomena that happened in Service Program Design SPD class.
B. Research Setting
The research was conducted in Sanata Dharma University. Sanata Dharma University was chosen because this research is related to one of the courses in
ELESP of Sanata Dharma, SPD. Moreover, the participants of this research were all the ELESP students that have joined SPD course. It made the researcher easier
to conduct the research. Then the time for the interviewing those participants who had been chosen purposely was different. In this case, each participant was
interviewed in different time in order to avoid the bias. For participant A, the interview was done on 8
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of December 2015 at 08.00 am, for participant B, the interview was done on 8
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