35F Ait

the compilation, filtering, and detailed evaluation of information to focus and understand the information better and to develop knowledge or conclusions.

performed by intelligence personnel that assists in building the commander's knowledge and understanding.

provides an in depth discussion on how commanders and staff process data to progressively develop their knowledge to build and maintain their situational awareness and understanding.

Mission Command

evaluate, analyze, synthesize

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collected information; determining the relevance of the information collected

examine relevant information

combining new information with current intelligence holdings to begin the effort of developing a conclusion or assesment

providing a determination or assessment that can be disseminated to consumers.

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CI, GEO INT, HUMINT, Measurement and Signature INT, Open-source INT, SIGINT, TECHINT

Counterintelligence

Geospatial Intelligence

Human Intelligence

Signals Intelligence

Technical Intelligence

embracing ambiguity, understanding intelligence analysis is imperfect, meeting analytical deadlines with the best intelligence possible, thinking critically, striving to collaborate closely with other analysts, adhering to analytic standards as much as possible

intelligence professionals will never have all the information required to make certain decisions. Limited time and information may not produce as much accurate and detailed information as wanted

use validated facts, advanced analytic techniques, degree of confidence, and objective analytic means when presenting intelligence

the collections asset's capabilities, evaluation criteria, confidence in the collected data, the analyst's expertise and experience, intelligence gaps, possibility of threat deception

strive to reach determinations based on facts and reasonable assumptions

disciplined thinking and self-reflective, provides more holistic, logical, ethical, and unbiased analyses and determinations

analysts develop and enhance professional relationships, access each other's expertise, enhance their understanding of the issues, and expand their perspectives on critical analytical issues.

standards that govern the production and evaluation of national intelligence analysis to meet the highest standards of integrity and rigorous analytic thinking

from a technical perspective, all-source analysis is accomplished through the fusion of single-source information with existing intelligence in order to produce intelligence.

consolidation, combining, and correlating information together

information ordering, humans detect and impose patterns, reasoning

the ability to follow previously defined rules or sets of rules to arrange data in a meaningful order.

arrange information in ways that permit analysis, synthesis, and a higher level of understanding

on random entities and events in order to understand them, often doing this without awareness. Analysts impose of detect patterns to identify relationships, and often infer what they will do in the future

allows humans to process information and formulate explanations in order to assign meaning to observed actions and events.

How well the analytic skills of an analyst have been developed, which occurs through practice and application.

deductive, inductive, abductive, and analogical

using given factual information or data to infer other facts through logical thinking. It rearranges only the given information or data into new statements or truths; it does not provide new information.

"If this is true, then this is also true"

looking at given factual information or data for a pattern or trend and inferring the trend will continue. Although there is no certainty the trend will continue, the assumption is it will.

"Based on this trend, this is probably true"

similar to inductive reasoning since conclusions are based on probabilities or "guessing"

"Because this is probably true, then this may also be true"

processing information that relies on an analogy to compare the similarities between two specific entities; those similarities are then used to draw a conclusion. The more similarities between the entities, the stronger the argument.

component of an analytic technique that facilitates the execution of the technique but does not provide a conclusion or assessment in and of itself. Facilitates techniques by allowing analysts to display or arrange information in a way that enables analysis of the information

a set of principles and procedures for conducting qualitative analysis

a way of doing something by using a special knowledge or skill.

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Purpose; all thinking has a purpose. Critical thinkers state the purpose clearly

Question at issue; all thinking is an attempt to figure something out, to settle a question, or to solve a problem

Information; all thinking is based on data, information, and evidence. Critical thinking should support the conclusions with relevant information and be open to actively searching for information that supports and contradicts a position

Interpretation and inference; all thinking contains interpretations and inferences by which to draw conclusions and giving meaning to data

Concepts; all thinking is expressed through, and shaped by, concepts. A concept is a generalized idea of a thing or a class of things

Assumption; all thinking is based, in part, on assumptions. In this context, an assumption is a proposition accepted to be true without the availability of fact to support is.

implications and consequences; all thinking leads somewhere or has implications and consequences

Point of view; all thinking is performed from some point of view.