Abstract
A relativistic extension is made of methods by which intermediate coupling amplitudes are deduced from measured energy levels and combined with measured lifetimes to obtain transition probabilities within a multiplet between two pure configurations. A procedure for incorporating the relativistic j-dependence of the radial transition integral into the empirical data reduction is presented and applied to the isoelectronic formulation of the 2s2-2s2p transitions in the Be sequence and the 6s26p2-6s26p7s transitions in the Pb sequence.