Scientific Methods of Inquiry for Intelligence Analysis

Informationen zum Autor By Hank Prunckun Klappentext 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Editor's ForewordPreface1 Intelligence Theory2 Intelligence Organizational Structures3The Intelligence Research Process4The Scientific Method of Inquiry5 Intelligence Research Methodologies6 Idea Generation and Conceptualization7 Unobtrusive Data Collection8 Open Sources of Information9 Clandestine and Covert Sources of Information10 Content Analysis of Qualitative Data11 Qualitative Analytics12 Target Profiles13 Tactical Assessments14 Vehicle Route Analysis15 Geographic Analysis16 Quantitative Analytics17 Displaying Information in Figures and Tables18 Threat, Vulnerability and Risk Assessments19 Strategic Intelligence Assessments20 Decision Support Analysis21 Basics of Defensive Counterintelligence22 Ethics in Intelligence ResearchAppendix-Critical Values of Chi-Square DistributionIndexAbout the Author

Product details

• Authors: Hank Prunckun, Prunckun Hank
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 18 to 22
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.09.2014
• EAN: 9781442224315
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-2431-5
• No. of pages: 384
• Series: Security and Professional Intelligence Education Series; Security and Professional Inte; Security and Professional Intelligence Education Series; Security and Professional Inte
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Intelligence & Espionage, REFERENCE / Research, Espionage & secret services, Espionage and secret services, Research methods: general, Intelligence Analysis