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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

A. The Objective of The Research The goals of this research are to know the difficulty level and discriminating power of the items, to know the quality of the items, and to know the items should be kept, revised or discarded.

B. The Method of The Research In doing the method of the research the writer uses quantitative analysis and qualitive analysis method. Quantitative analysis is used in analyzing data of the difficulty level and discriminating power. This analysis is used to detect the test item whether it is good or not. It means, qualitative analysis is used to analyze farther about causes of the weaknesses of the items.

C. Time And Place The English summative test for the second year at SMK Rahayu Mulyo Jakarta was held on June 12th, 2012. The location of SMK Rahayu Mulyo Jakarta is at Jl. Raya Bogor in front of Pusdikkes Kramat Jati Jakarta Timur.

D. The Object of The Research To get the data, the writer takes 58 students answer sheet of English Summative test from two classes of the second year of SMK Rahayu Mulyo

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Jakarta. Then, the writer ranks the students score in order to categorize the upper students and lower students. The writer takes 25% data from the top rank score as the upper group and 25% data from the low rank score as the lower group. From the both groups, the writer can collect and tabulate the data of the test items. Those datas are used to calculate FV (Facility Value) and DP (Discriminating Power).

E. The Procedures of The Research The procedures of doing this research are as follows: a. The writer asks permission to the headmaster of SMK Rahayu Mulyo Jakarta to do the research. b. The writer borrows the English summative test paper, answer key, and students answer sheets from two classes (2 ak 1 and 2 ak 2). c. The writer checks the answer key whether it is made correctly by the teacher. d. The writer arranges the students answer sheets based on the rank of the test scores. e. The writer groups the answer sheets into 25% of the upper group and 25% of the lower group. f. The writer calculates and tabulates the students responses in the upper and the lower group by using tabulation forms.

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g. The writer calculates the difficulty level and discriminating power of each item by using the provided formulas, and interprets the difficulty level and the discriminating power by using the criteria provided. h. The writer identifies the weak item. i. The writer analyze the causes of the items weakness. j. The writer gives revision to the weak items.