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    {
      "id": "methods.tests",
      "level": 2,
      "markdown": "The following analyses were conducted:\n\n- Pearson correlation",
      "title": "Statistical Tests Conducted"
    },
    {
      "id": "methods.sample",
      "level": 2,
      "markdown": "The analytic sample comprised 180 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- Academic self efficacy: α = .82, 5 items\n\n- Learning persistence: α = .77, 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: normality — met; 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.",
      "title": "Assumption Checks"
    },
    {
      "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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