CHAPTER III 
                       RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 
                 
                This  chapter  discusses  the  methodology  of  the  research  related  to:  (1) 
             research design (2) subject of the study (3) data collection (4) instrumention (5) 
             data analysis 
             3.1 Research Design 
                Research is an important way to get new facts or additional information. In 
             this research, there are certain activities that have to be performed. In this case, 
             methodology is necessarily needed to make the research easy to conduct or to be 
             effective. In this study, the researcher uses quantitative because there are several 
             techniques  of  conducting  research  which  guide  and  enable  the  researcher  to 
             collect and analyze data.  
                Leedy and Ormrod (2010:95) alleged that quantitative researchers seek 
             explanations and predictions that will generalize to other persons and places. The 
             method used in  this  study  was  quantitative  because  this  study  was  related  to 
             number and statistical data. Creswell (2014:27) states that quantitative research 
             identifies  a  research  problem  based  on  trends  in  the  fields  or  on  the  need  to 
             explain  why  something  occurs.  The  statement  above  shows  that  quantitative 
             research is the systematic empirical investigation of observable phenomena via 
             statistical, mathematical, or computational techniques. The quantitative research 
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           design was used in this study because it was intended to know about the students’ 
           interest in choosing Business English course. 
           3.2 Subjects of the Study 
              According  to  Djunaidi  and  Fauzan  (2009:105),  “population  is  a  large 
           group of individuals, objects, or events. Sample is a smaller group that taken or 
           drawn from the population.” 
              The subjects of this study were the sixth semester students who joined 
           Business English I on 2016/2017 academic year, which was one of the elective 
           courses offered in the curriculum of English Department. The total number of the 
           students was 104 students who were grouped in Class A (58) and Class B (46). 
           This study took all students as the subjects to investigate.  
           3.3 Research Instrument 
              The instrument used in this study was a questionnaire, to know the factor 
           which make interest the sixth semester students in choosing Business  English 
           course. The written questionnaire is a typically more efficient and practical and 
           allows for the use of a large sample. It is widely employed in education research. 
           Further advantages of the technique are that standard instructions are given to all 
           subjects ant the personal appearance mood or conduct of the investigator will ace 
           color the results (Ary:2002).  
              A  structured  questionnaire  contains  the  question  and  the  alternative 
           answers. Unstructured questionnaire does not include suggested answers (Ary, 
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           2002:175). In this study, the researcher used combination between structured and 
           unstructured questionnaire since both of the types facilitated the researcher and 
           the  respondents.  In  the  structured  questionnaire,  the  researcher  felt  easier  to 
           analyze the result of questionnaire. In unstructured questionnaire, the researcher 
           facilities the respondents to give alternative answer in the blank columns that is 
           provident by the researcher.  
              The questionnaire consisted of a set of statements which a respondent had 
           to respond. From 21 statements, there were 11 statements that related to the factor 
           of students’ interest in choosing Business English course and 10 statements that 
           related  to  the  students’  expectation  in  taking  Business  English  course.  In 
           responding to the questionnaire, the respondents had to check the best preference 
           which  represented  how  they  felt  about  the  topics  included  in  the  scale.  The 
           questionnaire was given to the students and it was written in Indonesia Language 
           to avoid the students’ misunderstanding. 
           3.4 Data Collection 
              In this study, the data were in the form of students’ answer or responds of 
           the questionnaire. To collect the data the following steps were taken; 
            1.  Constructing the questionnaire which consisted of 21 items related to the 
              topic of the research. 
            2.  Asking  permission  to  Business  English  lecturers  to  distribute  the 
              questionnaire to the students. 
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            3.  Distributing  the  questionnaire  to  the  students  in  sixth  semester  of 
              University of Muhammadiyah Malang. Based on the schedule of Business 
              English class, class A on Monday at 08.40 a.m and class B on Thursday at 
              13.00 p.m. The researcher distribute questionnaires after class, class A at 
              10.20 a.m and class B at 14.40 p.m. The researcher gives 10 minutes to 
              respondents to complete the questionnaires and collect at the time. 
           3.5 Data Analysis 
              Data analysis is an important part in this research because by using this 
           method, the researcher can conclude the result of this research.  The researcher 
           analyzed  the  interview  that  consists  of  21  items  with  five  indicators  for  the 
           questionnaire.  They  were  very  high  interest  (80-100),  high  interest  (70-79), 
           moderate (60-69), low interest (50-59), and very low interest (0-49). The data 
           were analyzed by using a rating scale. Ary(in Kurniawati,2004) says that rating 
           scale  involves  assessments  by  one  person  of  another  behavior  or  performance 
           .Typically the rater is asked to place the person being rated at some point on a 
           category that describes he or she characteristic behavior.  
           The procedures of data analysis of this study were stated below: 
            1.  After collecting the data, they were classified based on the purpose of the 
              study. 
            2.  Describing the data to know about the factors which make students in sixth 
              semester interested in choosing Business English course. 
            3.  Describing the students’ expectation in choosing Business English course. 
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