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Report on the excavation of a Punic tomb
On 19th November 2001, while two of us (DB, NJC)
were preparing a drawn record of the Punic tomb
that is situated on Bajda Ridge, Xemxija, a small
ceramic bowl (100211) was uncovered from below
a few centimetres of soil that covered the inner part
of the threshold to the rock-cut chamber (Fig. 1).
An official from the Museums Department was
informed of the discovery on the same day and a
site inspection was carried out. It was realised that
more artefacts could lie undisturbed within the
chamber and a decision was taken to excavate the
deposit. Authorisation for the Department of
Classics and Archaeology, University of Malta, to
undertake the excavation was received from the
Director, Museums Department, and the excavation
was completed on the 22nd November.
The tomb is located on the ridge, near a path that
diverges eastwards from the track that links Pwales
valley to the Mistra valley. It is cut in the Upper
Coralline limestone that outcrops in the area on a
North-South axis and consists of a sub-rectangular
chamber that is reached through a low entrance at
the bottom of a rectangular shaft (Fig. 1).
The tomb appears in an inventory for the first time
in 1996 when it was listed in the survey of
archaeological sites prepared by Malta University
Services for the Planning Authority by Anthony
Bonanno in connection with the preparation of the
North-West local plan for Malta. The tomb had been
examined and photographed by one of us (NCV) in
1992. At the time, it was littered with debris and it
was only with difficulty that a view of the chamber
could be achieved through the entrance that was
partly concealed by an irregular blocking stone. Late
in 2000, members of the St Paul's Bay Heritage
Group lifted the debris from the trench and cleared
the area around the site.peer-reviewe
Estimating the reproducibility of psychological science
Reproducibility is a defining feature of science, but the extent to which it characterizes current research is unknown. We conducted replications of 100 experimental and correlational studies published in three psychology journals using high-powered designs and original materials when available. Replication effects were half the magnitude of original effects, representing a substantial decline. Ninety-seven percent of original studies had statistically significant results. Thirty-six percent of replications had statistically significant results; 47% of original effect sizes were in the 95% confidence interval of the replication effect size; 39% of effects were subjectively rated to have replicated the original result; and if no bias in original results is assumed, combining original and replication results left 68% with statistically significant effects. Correlational tests suggest that replication success was better predicted by the strength of original evidence than by characteristics of the original and replication teams
Reproducibility Project: Psychology
Reproducibility is a defining feature of science, but the extent to which it characterizes current research is unknown. We conducted replications of 100 experimental and correlational studies published in three psychology journals using high-powered designs and original materials when available
Data from: Estimating the reproducibility of psychological science
This record contains the underlying research data for the publication "Estimating the reproducibility of psychological science" and the full-text is available from: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/5257Reproducibility is a defining feature of science, but the extent to which it characterizes current research is unknown. We conducted replications of 100 experimental and correlational studies published in three psychology journals using high-powered designs and original materials when available. Replication effects were half the magnitude of original effects, representing a substantial decline. Ninety-seven percent of original studies had statistically significant results. Thirty-six percent of replications had statistically significant results; 47% of original effect sizes were in the 95% confidence interval of the replication effect size; 39% of effects were subjectively rated to have replicated the original result; and if no bias in original results is assumed, combining original and replication results left 68% with statistically significant effects. Correlational tests suggest that replication success was better predicted by the strength of original evidence than by characteristics of the original and replication teams