Scientific Methods of Inquiry for Intelligence Analysis
2nd Edition
Published on 8. September 2014
384 pages
979-8-8818-5019-7 (ISBN)
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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. As such, government and private security agencies are recruiting staff to analyze the vast amount of data collected in these missions. This textbook 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. It covers 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. Students are left with little doubt about what intelligence is and how it is developed using scientific methods of inquiry.
This revised edition of the popular text has been expanded and updated significantly.
This revised edition of the popular text has been expanded and updated significantly.
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Hank Prunckun
Scientific Methods of Inquiry for Intelligence Analysis
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09/2014
2nd Edition
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Hank Prunckun is associate professor of intelligence analysis at the Australian Graduate School of Policing and Security, Charles Sturt University, Sydney.
Content
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
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
