Cognitive Bias in Intelligence Analysis: Testing the Analysis of Competing Hypotheses Method

by Martha Whitesmith

Book Overview

Tests whether the analysis of competing hypotheses reduces cognitive bias, and proposes a more effective approach
Reveals that a key element of current training provided to the UK and US intelligence communities (and likely all 5-EYES and several European agencies) does not have a proven ability to mitigate cognitive biasesDemonstrates that judging the credibility of information from human sources means that intelligence analysis faces...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474466346
• ISBN13: 9781474466349
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"