4.2 Significant differences between three or more independent groups regarding the management of tourism
Reponses were received from three categories, namely, Ha 'Mali (101), Phelandaba (82) and Ha Lejone (118). These grouping were likely to see the management of resources differently from one another; the results of the Kruskal-Wallis H test are provided in Table I below.
The data in Figure 1 indicate that the null hypothesis cannot be accepted because the differences in the three groups were statistically significant with regard to their mean scores when considered together. The Kruskal-Wallis H value of 29.91 has a significant p -value (p < 0.0005). Thus, the three village groups did differ but one would need to do a pair-wise comparison to see which groups differed from the other two. However, the graph in Figure 2 seems to indicate that the difference was mainly between the median value of Ha 'Mali and Phelandaba and also between Ha 'Mali and Ha Lejone. The pair-wise comparisons are shown in Figure 2 as well.
The main difference in mean ranks and in median scores was between Ha 'Mali and Ha Lejone (Z = -4.913; p < 0.0005; r = 0.28). The second largest difference was between Ha 'Mali and Phelandaba (Z = -4.506; p < 0.0005; r = 0.26). There was statistically no significant difference in factor mean scores between Ha Lejone and Phelandaba. As the scale was inverted, respondents from Ha 'Mali (X ¯ = 3.48)agreed more strongly with the management of tourism than did respondents from Ha Lejone (X ¯ = 4.20) and respondents from Phelandaba (X ¯ = 4.21) both of whom could be said to disagree with the management of tourism factor.