Purpose and applicability
Do consistently corrected path estimates differ between on-site and hybrid employees?
Prerequisites
- Define work_mode as the grouping variable with On-site and Hybrid groups
- Use reflective blocks eligible for PLSc
Do not use it merely because it is available
Use PLSc Consistent Permutation only when its estimand, data roles and assumptions answer the stated research question. Choose a related estimator or diagnostic when the intended outcome is not among the documented outputs below.
Study preparation
- Teaching data
- leadership-multigroup.csv
- Observations
- 480
- Study type
- Deterministic synthetic teaching study
- Calculate route
- Calculate → PLSc Consistent Permutation
Open the data dictionary and variable-role reference
Model
Leadership (leadership_1–leadership_4), Climate (climate_1–climate_4), Commitment (commitment_1–commitment_4), and Performance (performance_1–performance_3), all reflective
Leadership → Climate; Leadership → Commitment; Climate → Commitment; Climate → Performance; Commitment → Performance
Exact workflow
Download leadership-multigroup.csv and the prepared leadership-multigroup.qpls project. Keep both files in a writable study folder.
Start QuickPLS, choose Open Project, and open the prepared project. Its saved model is already arranged and fitted.
Open Data and confirm that the study contains 480 observations. Return to the model or calculation workspace.
Confirm the saved model specification: Leadership (leadership_1–leadership_4), Climate (climate_1–climate_4), Commitment (commitment_1–commitment_4), and Performance (performance_1–performance_3), all reflective. Structural specification: Leadership → Climate; Leadership → Commitment; Climate → Commitment; Climate → Performance; Commitment → Performance.
Confirm that construct labels, indicators, and arrows are readable. The supplied project is saved after Arrange and Fit; do not rearrange it before the tutorial run.
Choose Calculate, then use Calculate → PLSc Consistent Permutation.
Review the essential settings listed below. Open Advanced settings only when the design requires a non-default option.
Resolve actionable blockers, review applicability warnings, and leave Open Results when finished selected.
Choose Start calculation. Wait for Completed, then confirm that Results opens for this method.
Inspect the named outputs below in order. Use Save Report, table Copy, or Export as required, then save and reopen the project to confirm the result remains available.
Essential and advanced settings
- Select both groups
- Use a fixed seed and two-sided inference
Keep other advanced controls at their documented defaults unless the study design requires a justified change. Record every non-default value in the research log.
Results to inspect
- PLSc group estimates
- Group differences
- Directional/two-sided probabilities
- Assignment accounting
Interpretation guidance
For PLSc Consistent Permutation, interpret the listed outputs together with the prerequisite result, the selected settings, model assumptions and data quality. The supplied values are instructional; they are not validation against an external paper or another software package.
- The installed QuickPLS 2.62.8 calculation cannot profile work_mode from this validated saved project and blocks the run as legacy group data. Treat this tutorial as preparation guidance until a later application release repairs the saved-project group-profile route.
Reporting guidance
Report the QuickPLS version, PLSc Consistent Permutation route, sample size, model or variable roles, preprocessing, essential settings, non-default advanced settings, and the named primary outputs. Retain the project, data checksum and exported table used in the manuscript.
Common mistakes and recovery
- Running the method before completing its prerequisite calculation.
- Changing the data, model or variable roles after the prerequisite result was saved.
- Treating an unavailable or not-applicable value as zero.
- Reporting an estimate without its method-appropriate uncertainty or diagnostic context.
Screen-by-screen evidence
Images shown here are mapped to this tutorial’s required installed-application evidence. Missing captures are labelled explicitly and are not replaced with generic screenshots.
Required screen 1: Imported teaching dataset is open
Required screen 2: The prepared project opens with its saved, neatly arranged model diagram
Required screen 3: Correct method and required settings are visible
Required screen 4: Primary PLSc Consistent Permutation result is visible
Required screen 5: Second important PLSc Consistent Permutation result is visible