Institusion
Universitas Maritim Raja Ali Haji
Author
PRATIDYA, JIHAN
Nopita, Dewi
Elfiza, Rona
Subject
411 Writing Systems/Sistem Tulisan, Penulisan
Datestamp
2023-01-24 04:24:24
Abstract :
The purpose of this research was to find whether or not there is a correlation between students? creativity and their achievement in writing descriptive text. This research was conducted at SMK Negeri 4 Tanjungpinang. The population in this research was tenth grade students of SMKN 4 Tanjungpinang in the academic year of 2022/2023. The sample taken was 29 students in X RPL 1 class by using cluster random sampling. The method used in this research was the quantitative method with the correlational design. The collected data were analyzed by using Pearson Product Moment Correlation and the instruments used were questionnaire of students? creativity and writing descriptive text test. The result showed that there was a correlation, with the index value of correlation coefficient (rxy) of 0.425 which meant there was a moderate correlation. Furthermore, the hypothesis testing showed that the index value of correlation coefficient (rxy) of 0.425 was higher than the index value of correlation coefficient of the Product Moment table (rt) of 0.367 which meant that the null hypothesis (H0) and alternative hypothesis (H2) was rejected, alternative hypothesis (H1) was accepted. In conclusion, there was positive correlation between the two variables.