Killeen's probability of replication and predictive probabilities: how to compute, use, and interpret them.

P. R. Killeen's (2005a) probability of replication (prep) of an experimental result is the fiducial Bayesian predictive probability of finding a same-sign effect in a replication of an experiment.

Failure to construct and transfer correct representations across probability problems.

Previous studies carried out on "purely random" situations (with dice or poker chips) show the difficulties encountered by people in such situations, however simple they may be. In fact, in this type of situation, prior knowledge guides spontaneous representations, and the "errors" observed could be explained by the activation of "implicit models" which form the basis of erroneous representations. 42 statistically naïve undergraduates were given several variants of a probability problem on which errors are common.

Photoacoustic Detection of New Bands of HCN between 11 390 and 13 020 cm(-1).

A laser photoacoustic technique has been used to measure the absorption spectrum of HCN in the region from 11 390 to 13 020 cm(-1) with a resolution that is limited by the Doppler- and pressure-broadened linewidth. This is a very sensitive technique that has allowed us to measure very weak bands with a small volume of gas. These measurements provide the rovibrational constants for a number of newly observed vibrational energy levels.

High-Resolution Laser Photoacoustic Spectroscopy of HSiF(3): The 5nu(1) and 6nu(1) Overtone Bands.

A spectrum of HSiF(3) has been recorded at room temperature with a gas pressure of 20-50 Torr in the near-infrared region. A laser photoacoustic spectrometer consisting of a longitudinal resonant cell coupled to a titanium:sapphire ring laser was employed. The 5nu(1) and 6nu(1) overtone bands of H(28)SiF(3) associated with the Si-H stretching have been observed at high resolution (3 x 10(-2) cm(-1)) in the regions 10 900-10 960 and 12 875-12 925 cm(-1), respectively.

13C(16)O(2): Global Treatment of Vibrational-Rotational Spectra and First Observation of the 2nu(1) + 5nu(3) and nu(1) + 2nu(2) + 5nu(3) Absorption Bands.

The effective operator approach is applied to the calculation of both line positions and line intensities of the (13)C(16)O(2) molecule. About 11 000 observed line positions of (13)C(16)O(2) selected from the literature have been used to derive 84 parameters of a reduced effective Hamiltonian globally describing all known vibrational-rotational energy levels in the ground electronic state. The standard deviation of the fit is 0.