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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Contents: Intelligence Analysis: Behavioral and Social Scientific Foundations." National Research Council. 2011. Intelligence Analysis for Tomorrow: Advances from the Behavioral and Social Sciences. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13040.
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Appendix A
Contents
Intelligence Analysis: Behavioral and Social Scientific Foundations

PART I:
INTRODUCTION

1

Analysis in the U.S. Intelligence Community: Missions, Masters, and Methods

 

Thomas Fingar

PART II:
ANALYTIC METHODS

2

Operations Research and Intelligence Analysis

 

Edward H. Kaplan

3

Applications of Game Theory in Support of Intelligence Analysis

 

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita

4

Use of Signal Detection Theory as a Tool for Enhancing Performance and Evaluating Tradecraft in Intelligence Analysis

 

Gary H. McClelland

5

Qualitative Analysis for the Intelligence Community

 

Kiron K. Skinner

PART III:
ANALYSTS

6

Individual Reasoning

 

Barbara A. Spellman

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Contents: Intelligence Analysis: Behavioral and Social Scientific Foundations." National Research Council. 2011. Intelligence Analysis for Tomorrow: Advances from the Behavioral and Social Sciences. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13040.
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7

Intuitive Theories of Behavior as Inputs to Analysis

 

Hal Arkes and James Kajdasz

8

Group Processes in Intelligence Analysis

 

Reid Hastie

9

Social Categorization and Intergroup Dynamics

 

Catherine H. Tinsley

PART IV:
ORGANIZATIONS

10

Communicating About Analysis

 

Baruch Fischhoff

11

Structuring Accountability Systems in Organizations: Key Trade-offs and Critical Unknowns

 

Philip E. Tetlock and Barbara A. Mellers

12

Workforce Effectiveness: Acquiring Human Resources and Developing Human Capital

 

Steve W.J. Kozlowski

13

Implementing Change: Organizational Challenges

 

Amy Zegart

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Contents: Intelligence Analysis: Behavioral and Social Scientific Foundations." National Research Council. 2011. Intelligence Analysis for Tomorrow: Advances from the Behavioral and Social Sciences. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13040.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Contents: Intelligence Analysis: Behavioral and Social Scientific Foundations." National Research Council. 2011. Intelligence Analysis for Tomorrow: Advances from the Behavioral and Social Sciences. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13040.
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The intelligence community (IC) plays an essential role in the national security of the United States. Decision makers rely on IC analyses and predictions to reduce uncertainty and to provide warnings about everything from international diplomatic relations to overseas conflicts. In today's complex and rapidly changing world, it is more important than ever that analytic products be accurate and timely. Recognizing that need, the IC has been actively seeking ways to improve its performance and expand its capabilities.

In 2008, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) asked the National Research Council (NRC) to establish a committee to synthesize and assess evidence from the behavioral and social sciences relevant to analytic methods and their potential application for the U.S. intelligence community. In Intelligence Analysis for Tomorrow: Advances from the Behavioral and Social Sciences, the NRC offers the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) recommendations to address many of the IC's challenges.

Intelligence Analysis for Tomorrow asserts that one of the most important things that the IC can learn from the behavioral and social sciences is how to characterize and evaluate its analytic assumptions, methods, technologies, and management practices. Behavioral and social scientific knowledge can help the IC to understand and improve all phases of the analytic cycle: how to recruit, select, train, and motivate analysts; how to master and deploy the most suitable analytic methods; how to organize the day-to-day work of analysts, as individuals and teams; and how to communicate with its customers.

The report makes five broad recommendations which offer practical ways to apply the behavioral and social sciences, which will bring the IC substantial immediate and longer-term benefits with modest costs and minimal disruption.

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