Scientific methods of inquiry for intelligence analysis

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Since 9/11, the needs of intelligence agencies as well as the missions they conduct have increased in number, size, and complexity. This expanded and updated edition offers a way of gaining the analytic skills essential to undertake intelligence work. It acquaints students and analysts with how intelligence fits into the larger research framework, covering not only the essentials of applied research, but also the function, structure, and operational methods specifically involved in intelligence…

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Title Statements

Full title :Scientific methods of inquiry for intelligence analysis / Hank Prunckun.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2014.
Edition:Second edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Rowman & Littlefield
Place of Publication:Lanham, Maryland
Language:eng
Publication Date:2014.

Notes

Revised edition of: Handbook of scientific methods of inquiry for intelligence analysis.

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Description:1 online resource

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781442224339, 1442224339
oclc:ocn890727094
LC Classification:JF1525.I6
Dewey Decimal:327.12072

Intelligence theory -- Intelligence organizational structures -- The intelligence research process -- The scientific method of inquiry -- Intelligence research methodologies -- Idea generation and conceptualization -- Unobtrusive data collection -- Open sources of information -- Clandestine and covert sources of information -- Content analysis of qualitative data -- Qualitative analytics -- Target profiles -- Tactical assessments -- Vehicle route analysis -- Geographic analysis -- Quantitative analytics -- Displaying information in figures and tables -- Threat, vulnerability and risk assessments -- Strategic intelligence assessments -- Decision support analysis -- Basics of defensive counterintelligence -- Ethics in intelligence research -- Appendix: Critical values of chi-square distribution.

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Analyse comportementale -- Guides, manu… Behavioral assessment -- Handbooks, man… Guides et manuels Handbook Handbooks and manuals Intelligence service -- Handbooks, manu… POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Rela… Science -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. -- … Science -- Methodology Sciences -- Guides, manuels, etc. -- Mé… Service des renseignements -- Guides, m… Social sciences -- Handbooks, manuals, … Social sciences -- Methodology