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    {
      "id": "methods.tests",
      "level": 2,
      "markdown": "The following analyses were conducted:\n\n- Exploratory factor analysis\n- Pearson correlation\n- Multiple linear regression\n- Independent-samples t-test\n\nIn addition, the following exploratory analyses of background variables were conducted. They were not research hypotheses.\n\n- Association between Supervisor support, Job autonomy, Work arrangement, Tenure with the employer and Work engagement (Multiple linear regression)\n\nTheir p-values were corrected together as one exploratory family with the Benjamini-Hochberg (false discovery rate) correction, fixed in the analysis plan before any test was run.",
      "title": "Statistical Tests Conducted"
    },
    {
      "id": "methods.sample",
      "level": 2,
      "markdown": "The analytic sample comprised 360 participants.\n\nNo missing data required handling on the analytic variables.",
      "title": "Sample and Missing Data"
    },
    {
      "id": "methods.descriptives",
      "level": 2,
      "markdown": "Descriptive statistics were selected by measurement level, declared in advance:\n\n- Nominal variables are described by frequencies and percentages, with the modal category reported.\n\n- Ordinal variables are described by the median and the interquartile range.\n\n- The mean and standard deviation are additionally reported for ordinal variables, marked as a supplement to the median and interquartile range.\n\n- Interval and ratio variables are described by the mean and standard deviation, with skewness and kurtosis reported.\n\n- Scale scores formed from summed or averaged items were treated as continuous variables for descriptive purposes.",
      "title": "Descriptive Statistics"
    },
    {
      "id": "methods.reliability",
      "level": 2,
      "markdown": "Internal-consistency reliability was assessed:\n\n- Job autonomy: α = .84, 5 items\n\n- Supervisor support: α = .84, 5 items\n\n- Work engagement: α = .86, 5 items",
      "title": "Reliability"
    },
    {
      "id": "methods.assumptions",
      "level": 2,
      "markdown": "The assumptions underlying the tests were checked; where an assumption was not met, the pre-registered fallback was applied:\n\n- Pearson correlation: linearity — met. A normality test was significant, but with 30 or more cases and a shape that is not severe the planned test was kept; the departure is reported here.\n\n- Multiple linear regression: linearity — met; multicollinearity — met; normality — met; homoscedasticity — met\n\n- Independent-samples t-test: normality — met. A normality test was significant, but with 30 or more cases and a shape that is not severe the planned test was kept; the departure is reported here.\n\n- Multiple linear regression: linearity — met; multicollinearity — met; normality — met; homoscedasticity — met",
      "title": "Assumption Checks"
    },
    {
      "id": "methods.model_diagnostics",
      "level": 2,
      "markdown": "Residual diagnostics were computed on each fitted model -- for a moderation or mediation analysis, on each of its equations, interaction terms included. A check is met when its p-value is at or above the pre-registered assumption threshold; variance inflation is judged against the pre-registered VIF threshold on the model without interaction terms, where it is meaningful.\n\n- Multiple linear regression: residual normality (Shapiro-Wilk) — met (p = .463); homoscedasticity (Breusch-Pagan) — met (p = .916); multicollinearity (VIF) — met (largest VIF: VIF = 1.03); influential observations (Cook's distance above 4/n): 19\n\n- Multiple linear regression: residual normality (Shapiro-Wilk) — met (p = .855); homoscedasticity (Breusch-Pagan) — met (p = .623); multicollinearity (VIF) — met (largest VIF: VIF = 1.05); influential observations (Cook's distance above 4/n): 16",
      "title": "Model diagnostics"
    },
    {
      "id": "methods.software",
      "level": 2,
      "markdown": "Statistical output is delivered in an SPSS-compatible format. All figures were computed with a validated statistical engine and are reported at full precision. The graphs in the results chapter were produced in Microsoft Excel.",
      "title": "Software"
    }
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  "title": "Methods Section (Completion Draft)"
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