Resource pack sample question - Tourism GI Hypothesis

Hypothesis : Visitors from the place farthest away from Singapore stayed the longest

What conclusion can the students make about the hypothesis?  Support your answer with data from Table 2. [4]

                                                                                                                                                                      

Number of visitors to Orchard Road and their length of stay

Origin of visitors	No. of visitors interviewed	Length of stay
		No overnight stay	1 – 3 nights	4 – 7 nights	8 – 14 nights
United States of America	7	0	2	4	1
United Kingdom	6	0	1	3	2
Japan	10	0	4	5	1
Australia	5	0	1	4	0
India	9	0	3	6	0
Malaysia	8	3	5	0	0
Indonesia	5	1	4	0	0

Table 2

Reserve 1 mark for proving hypothesis:

·        The students can conclude that the hypothesis is true.

                       

                        3 marks for support with data:

·        Visitors from the place farthest away from Singapore stayed the longest (places more than 12 hours away from Singapore by flight).  A majority of the visitors from UK and US interviewed would stay for 4 nights or more (5 out of 7 for USA and 5 out of 6 for UK).

·        Visitors from the place of between 6 to 12 hours away from Singapore by flight stayed mostly between 1 to 7 days.

Visitors closest to Singapore such as Malaysia and Indonesia did not stay overnight or stayed only 1 to 3 days in Singapore

(b)    Suggest one reason why the data in Table 2 may not be valid in proving the hypothesis.               [1]

Reserve 1 mark for the following:

·        The data in Table 2 may not be valid as an unequal number of visitors were interviewed from each country. 

·        OR

·        The students could have gone to other places other than Orchard Road to conduct their interviews.