Intelligence research and analysis
Subtitle: a short introduction
By: Jan Goldman.
Series: Scarecrow professional intelligence education -- 3
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780810861817
Subjects: Intelligence service -- History; Intelligence service -- Methodology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The evolution and definition of strategic intelligence; title: Research : a description of the activity and the analyst; title: Types of inquiry and the nature of proof descriptive research; title: The relation of induction and deduction to theory building in defining induction; title: Planning the research program : problem definition; title: Planning the research program : locating information; title: Foundations of analysis : basic concepts; title: Classification : a basic step in analysis; title: Basic quantitative techniques for research and analysis; title: Descriptive analysis methodologies; title: Predication, forecasting, and haruspicy types of phenomena and their relationship to forecasting; title: Preparing the report; title: An example of a small-scale intelligence study.