An introduction to intelligence research and analysis
By: Jerome Clauser.
Series: Scarecrow professional intelligence education -- 3
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780810861817; 9780810862739
Subjects: Intelligence service -- History.; Intelligence service -- Methodology.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: The evolution and definition of strategic intelligence; value: Research : a description of the activity and the analyst; value: Types of inquiry and the nature of proof descriptive research; value: The relation of induction and deduction to theory building in defining induction; value: Planning the research program : problem definition; value: Planning the research program : locating information; value: Foundations of analysis : basic concepts; value: Classification : a basic step in analysis; value: Basic quantitative techniques for research and analysis; value: Descriptive analysis methodologies; value: Predication, forecasting, and haruspicy types of phenomena and their relationship to forecasting; value: Preparing the report; value: An example of a small-scale intelligence study.