Ebook: Scientific Methods of Inquiry for Intelligence Analysis

Handbook of Scientific Methods of Inquiry for Intelligence Analysis acquaints the reader with how intelligence fits into the larger research framework. It covers not only the essentials of applied research but also explains the function, structure, and operational methods specifically involved in intelligence work. For instance, it looks at how analysts work with classified information in a security conscious environment, as well as obtaining data via covert methods. The reader is left with little doubt about what intelligence is and how it is developed using scientific methods of inquiry.--;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.