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 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 work. It looks at how analysts work with classified information in a security conscious environment as well as obtain data via covert methods.

Editor's Foreword
Preface
1 Intelligence Theory
2 Intelligence Organizational Structures
3The Intelligence Research Process
4The Scientific Method of Inquiry
5 Intelligence Research Methodologies
6 Idea Generation and Conceptualization
7 Unobtrusive Data Collection
8 Open Sources of Information
9 Clandestine and Covert Sources of Information
10 Content Analysis of Qualitative Data
11 Qualitative Analytics
12 Target Profiles
13 Tactical Assessments
14 Vehicle Route Analysis
15 Geographic Analysis
16 Quantitative Analytics
17 Displaying Information in Figures and Tables
18 Threat, Vulnerability and Risk Assessments
19 Strategic Intelligence Assessments
20 Decision Support Analysis
21 Basics of Defensive Counterintelligence
22 Ethics in Intelligence Research
Appendix-Critical Values of Chi-Square Distribution
Index
About the Author