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Scientific methods of inquiry for intelligence analysis /

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 inte...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Prunckun, Hank, 1954- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.
Edición:Second edition.
Colección:Security and professional intelligence education series ; 19.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.