| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Security and professional intelligence education series ; 19 |
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Security and professional intelligence education series ; 19.
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| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
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 |
| Notes |
Revised edition of: Handbook of scientific methods of inquiry for intelligence analysis |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Intelligence service -- Methodology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Science -- Methodology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Social sciences -- Methodology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Behavioral assessment -- Methodology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
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Science -- Methodology
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Social sciences -- Methodology
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| Genre/Form |
handbooks.
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Handbooks and manuals
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Guides et manuels.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781442224339 |
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1442224339 |
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