Intelligence analysis as discovery of evidence, hypotheses, and arguments: connecting the dots

This unique book on intelligence analysis covers several vital but often overlooked topics. It teaches the evidential and inferential issues involved in 'connecting the dots' to draw defensible and persuasive conclusions from masses of evidence: from observations we make, or questions we a...

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Main Author: Tecuci, Gheorghe (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Cambridge University Press 2016
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Summary:This unique book on intelligence analysis covers several vital but often overlooked topics. It teaches the evidential and inferential issues involved in 'connecting the dots' to draw defensible and persuasive conclusions from masses of evidence: from observations we make, or questions we ask, we generate alternative hypotheses; we make use of our hypotheses to generate new lines of inquiry and evidence; and we test the hypotheses on the basis of the evidence we are discovering. To facilitate the learning of these issues and enable the performance of complex analyses, the book introduces an intelligent analytical tool, called Disciple-CD. Readers will practice with Disciple-CD and learn how to formulate hypotheses; develop arguments that reduce complex hypotheses to simpler ones; collect evidence to evaluate the simplest hypotheses; assess the relevance, believability, and inferential force of evidence; and finally judge the probability of the hypotheses
Item Description:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Aug 2016)
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxii, 262 pages)
ISBN:9781316388488
DOI:10.1017/CBO9781316388488

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