TIACRITIS System and Textbook: Learning Intelligence Analysis through Practice

Abstract

This paper presents the TIACRITIS web agent and textbook for teaching intelligence analysts the critical thinking skills needed to perform evidence-based reasoning. They are based on a computational theory which views Intelligence Analysis as ceaseless discovery of evidence, hypotheses, and arguments, in a complex world that is changing all the time. TIACRITIS helps students learn about the properties, uses, and marshaling of evidence upon which all analyses rest, through regular practice involving analyses of evidence in both hypothetical and real situations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA531444

Entities

People

  • Benjamin Hamilton
  • David Schum
  • Dorin Marcu
  • Gheorghe Tecuci
  • Mihai Boicu

Organizations

  • United States Department of Defense

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Analysts
  • Case Studies
  • Education
  • Hypotheses
  • Intelligence Analysis
  • Intelligence Analysts
  • Learning
  • Psychology
  • Reasoning
  • Students
  • Textbooks
  • Thinking
  • United States

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