Assignment 5

The inter-correlations between vocabulary comprehension and reading competency were analyzed by an
English teacher in SMA 1 Singaraja. The hypothesis was the intercorrelated between vocabulary
comprehension and reading competency. After the research done, the results are shown as following.

Table 1. Descriptive Statistics of Students’ score

Mean Standard Deviation N

Vocabulary mastery 81.50 12.936 50
Reading competency 71.50 12.936 50
Source: data analysis of December 5, 2018;SPSS X Version 24

The above data show the mean of vocabulary mastery in the text is 81.50 or it is categorized as good.
While the reading competency mean is 71.50 or classified as medium. The obtained data were analyzed to
examine the relationship between both variables. The analysis test used correlation Pearson Product
Moment by using computer program SPSSX Version 24. The data analysis are shown as follows.

Tabel 2. Simple Correlation Between Vocabulary

and Reading Competency

Correlations
Vocabulary Mastery Reading Competency
Vocabulary Mastery Pearson Correlation 1 1.000**
Sig (2-tailed) .000
N 50 50
Reading Competency Pearson Correlation 1.000** 1
Sig (2-tailed) .000
N 50 50
Source: data analysis of December 5, 2018;SPSS X Version 24

The above table shows the intercorrelation between vocabulary mastery and reading competency
is positive that is1.00. It means that there is a significant correlation between vocabulary mastery and
reading competency. In other word, the more understanding the meaning of words, the better
understand the contents of the reading. When reading, word meaning should be also discussed
well.

Appendix 1
Table 1. Students’ Vocabulary Mastery
and Reading Competency Score

Vocabulary Mastery Reading Competency

100 90

100 90
100 90

100 90
100 90

100 90
100 90

100 90
100 90

100 90
90 80

90 80
90 80

90 80
90 80

90 80
90 80

90 80
90 80

90 80
80 70

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80 70

70 60
70 60

70 60
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70 60
70 60

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70 60
70 60

65 55
65 55

65 55
65 55

65 55
65 55

65 55
65 55

65 55
65 55
Source: Analysis of December 5, 2018

Appendix 2
Table 2. Descriptive Statistics of Students’ Score

Descriptive Statistics
 Mean Std. Deviation N

vocabularymastery 81.00 12.936 50

readingcompetency 71.00 12.936 50

Source: data analysis of December 5, 2018;SPSS X Version 24

Table 3. Correlations Between Vocabulary Mastery

and Reading Competency

Correlations

Vocabulary mastery Reading competency

vocabularymastery Pearson Correlation 1 1.000**

Sig. (2-tailed) .000

N 50 50

readingcompetency Pearson Correlation 1.000** 1

Sig. (2-tailed) .000

N 50 50

**. Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).

Source: data analysis of December 5, 2018;SPSS X Version 24