CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDING AND DISCUSSION
A. Research Finding
1. Descriptive Finding
The research tools used in this investigation had undergone a comprehensive examination before being used in this study. In addition, a verbal-linguistic intelligence test, a self-efficacy questionnaire, and a speaking ability test were given to the participants. The following description of research finding data is provided based on the data calculation, which provides a wide description of distribution research finding data in a standardized format. The data associated with each variable is described in the following ways: The frequency distribution, the total score, the average score, the standard deviation, the mode, the median, the maximum, and the minimum score are all displayed.
a. Verbal-Linguistic Intelligence Test (X1)
Verbal-linguistic intelligence is one of the variables measured in this research. This variable was measured through testing verbal-linguistic intelligence. This test was adopted from the Verbal Comprehension Index (VCI) (Sattler, 2008). Hence, the following are the results of the verbal- linguistic intelligence test scores that have been calculated using SPSS 26 to determine descriptive statistics.
Table 4. 1.
Descriptive Statistic of Verbal Linguistic Intelligence Score
Statistic Verbal-Linguistic
Intelligence
Mean 78.6897
Mode 72.00
Std. Deviation 11.27364
Minimum 60.00
Maximum 96.00
Table 4. 2.
Frequency of Verbal Linguistic Intelligence Score
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid 60.00 5 8.6 8.6 8.6
64.00 5 8.6 8.6 17.2
68.00 3 5.2 5.2 22.4
72.00 9 15.5 15.5 37.9
76.00 6 10.3 10.3 48.3
80.00 7 12.1 12.1 60.3
84.00 7 12.1 12.1 72.4
88.00 3 5.2 5.2 77.6
92.00 6 10.3 10.3 87.9
96.00 7 12.1 12.1 100.0
Total 58 100.0 100.0
Based on the calculations in Tables 4.1 and 4.2, several scores were discovered; they include the lowest, maximum, mean, most frequent score (Mo/Mode), and standard deviation (SD) scores. Then, the minimum score obtained is 60.00, and the maximum score is 96.00. The mean score is 78.69, and the value of standard deviation (SD) is 11.27. Then based on the calculation of the measurement scale from Saifuddin (2020), it was found that the score interpretation of verbal-linguistic intelligence was as follows:
Table 4. 3.
Score Interpretation of Verbal Linguistic Intelligence
Score Interpretation Total
Participant
X > 90 High 13 (22%)
67 ≤ X < 90 Middle 35 (60%)
67 < X Low 10 (22%)
Then it can be concluded that students of the third semester of UIN Sultan Maulana Hasanuddin Banten have middle-level verbal-linguistic intelligence reflected from their score in Table 4.3. This conclusion was found by the presence of 35 (60%) participants who obtained the middle category. This calculation is calculated using a mean value of 78,69 and a standard deviation of 11,27.
b. Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (X2)
The second variable examined in this research is self-efficacy. The data was acquired through the use of a questionnaire. This study made use of a questionnaire that was adapted from Asakereh and Dehghannezhad (2015).
Fifty-eight students from UIN Sultan Maulana Hasanuddin Banten were provided instruments to use throughout the data collection process. The following table describes the calculation performed by the use of SPSS 26:
Table 4. 4.
Descriptive Statistic of Self-Efficacy Questionnaire
Statistic Self-Efficacy Mean 82.6897
Mode 82.00
Std. Deviation 5.74367
Minimum 72.00
Maximum 94.00
Table 4. 5.
Frequency of Self-Efficacy Questionnaire
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid 72.00 1 1.7 1.7 1.7
73.00 2 3.4 3.4 5.2
74.00 4 6.9 6.9 12.1
75.00 1 1.7 1.7 13.8
76.00 3 5.2 5.2 19.0
77.00 1 1.7 1.7 20.7
78.00 2 3.4 3.4 24.1
79.00 4 6.9 6.9 31.0
80.00 2 3.4 3.4 34.5
81.00 2 3.4 3.4 37.9
82.00 8 13.8 13.8 51.7
83.00 3 5.2 5.2 56.9
84.00 4 6.9 6.9 63.8
85.00 2 3.4 3.4 67.2
86.00 2 3.4 3.4 70.7
88.00 4 6.9 6.9 77.6
89.00 7 12.1 12.1 89.7
90.00 2 3.4 3.4 93.1
91.00 1 1.7 1.7 94.8
92.00 1 1.7 1.7 96.6
93.00 1 1.7 1.7 98.3
94.00 1 1.7 1.7 100.0
Total 58 100.0 100.0
Based on the calculations in Tables 4.4 and 4,5, several scores were discovered; they include the lowest, maximum, mean, most frequent score (Mo/Mode), and standard deviation (SD) scores. Then, the minimum score obtained is 72.00, and the maximum score is 94.00. The mean score is 82.69, and the value of standard deviation (SD) is 5.74. Then based on the calculation of the measurement scale from Saifuddin (2020), it was found that the score
interpretation of self-efficacy was as follows:
Table 4. 6. Score Interpretation of Self-Efficacy
Score Interpretation Total
Participant
X > 92 Very High 2 (3%)
86 < X ≤ 92 High 15 (26%)
80 < X ≤ 86 Middle 21 (36%)
74 < X ≤ 80 Low 13 (22%)
74 ≤ X Very Low 7 (12%)
Then it can be concluded that students of the third semester of UIN Sultan Maulana Hasanuddin Banten have middle-level self-efficacy reflected from their score in Table 4.6. This conclusion was found by the presence of 21 (36%) participants who obtained the middle category. This calculation is calculated using a mean value of 82.69 and a standard deviation of 5.74.
c. Students’ Speaking Ability Test (Y)
Speaking ability is the dependent variable measured in this research, besides the independent variables like verbal-linguistic intelligence (X1) and self-efficacy (X2). The Speaking test used a rubric adopted from Ningrum et al. (2017). The test was given to 58 students from the third semester of UIN Sultan Maulana Hasanuddin. After following the speaking ability score collection, the data were totalled to determine the descriptive statistic. There is a detailed description of the computation that was performed using SPSS 26 in the table below:
Table 4. 7. Descriptive Statistic of Speaking Ability Score
Statistic Speaking Ability Mean 77.6724
Mode 80.00
Std. Deviation 11.16917
Minimum 60.00
Maximum 95.00
Table 4. 8. Speaking Ability Score
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid 60.00 8 13.8 13.8 13.8
65.00 4 6.9 6.9 20.7
70.00 7 12.1 12.1 32.8
75.00 9 15.5 15.5 48.3
80.00 11 19.0 19.0 67.2
85.00 5 8.6 8.6 75.9
90.00 7 12.1 12.1 87.9
95.00 7 12.1 12.1 100.0
Total 58 100.0 100.0
Based on the calculations in Tables 4.7 and 4.8, several scores were discovered; they include the lowest, maximum, mean, most frequent score (Mo/Mode), and standard deviation (SD) scores. Then, the minimum score obtained is 60.00, and the maximum score is 95.00. The mean score is 77.67, and the value of standard deviation (SD) is 11.17. Then based on the calculation of the measurement scale from RPS Speaking for Effective Communication (UIN Sultan Maulana Hasanuddin Banten, 2021), it was found that the score interpretation of speaking ability test was as follows:
Table 4. 9. Score Interpretation Speaking Ability Test
Score Interpretation Total
Participant
95-100 A 7
90-94 A- 7
85-89 B+ 5
80-84 B 11
75-79 B- 9
70-74 C+ 7
65-69 C 4
65 < Not Pass 8
Based on the score interpretation speaking ability test, which was adopted from RPS Speaking for Effective Communication (UIN Sultan Maulana Hasanuddin Banten, 2021), it can be concluded that students of the third semester of UIN Sultan Maulana Hasanuddin Banten have middle-level speaking abilities reflected from their score in Table 4.9. This conclusion was found by the presence of 11 participants who obtained a score of B. In this case, there were still 8 (14%) participants who did not pass the speaking ability test. However, 50 (86%) participants passed the speaking ability test. This shows that students of the third semester of UIN Sultan Maulana Hasanuddin Banten are able to speak English well and have good speaking abilities.