Best books for intelligence analysts (13 books)

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1		Expert Political Judgment: How Good Is It? How Can We Know? by Philip E. Tetlock 3.98 avg rating — 724 ratings score: 491, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2		How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of "Intangibles" in Business by Douglas W. Hubbard 3.90 avg rating — 3,790 ratings score: 395, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3		A Tradecraft Primer: Structured Analytic Techniques for Improving Intelligence Analysis by Central Intelligence Agency 3.78 avg rating — 128 ratings score: 297, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4		Collaborative Intelligence: Using Teams to Solve Hard Problems by J. Richard Hackman 3.81 avg rating — 122 ratings score: 295, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5		Psychology of Intelligence Analysis by Richards J. Heuer Jr. 4.28 avg rating — 1,165 ratings score: 294, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6		Cases in Intelligence Analysis: Structured Analytic Techniques in Action by Sarah Miller Beebe (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 90 ratings score: 293, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7		Structured Analytic Techniques for Intelligence Analysis by Richards J. Heuer Jr. 4.30 avg rating — 290 ratings score: 290, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8		Why Intelligence Fails: Lessons from the Iranian Revolution and the Iraq War by Robert Jervis 3.86 avg rating — 215 ratings score: 289, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9		The Theory That Would Not Die: How Bayes' Rule Cracked the Enigma Code, Hunted Down Russian Submarines, and Emerged Triumphant from Two Centuries of Controversy by Sharon Bertsch McGrayne 3.77 avg rating — 2,856 ratings score: 196, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10		Intelligence Analysis: How to Think in Complex Environments by Wayne Michael Hall 3.90 avg rating — 63 ratings score: 189, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11		Obsession by John E. Douglas 3.98 avg rating — 3,973 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12		The Lady Tasting Tea: How Statistics Revolutionized Science in the Twentieth Century by David Salsburg 3.92 avg rating — 2,084 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13		Anticipating Surprise: Analysis for Strategic Warning by Cynthia M. Grabo 3.80 avg rating — 91 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

13 books · 8 voters · list created September 28th, 2012 by Jen Watkins (votes) .

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