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In Depth Observational Studies of Professional Intelligence Analysts
Published
Author(s)
Jean C. Scholtz, Emile L. Morse
Abstract
Our goal is to produce metrics for measuring effectiveness of software tools and environments produced for the intelligence community. To this end we need to understand the analytic process and to determine which data need to be captured to meaningfully measure process and effectiveness. In this paper we compare data from observational studies of
Proceedings Title
Human Performance, Situation Awareness and Automation Technology Conference
Scholtz, J.
and Morse, E.
(2004),
In Depth Observational Studies of Professional Intelligence Analysts, Human Performance, Situation Awareness and Automation Technology Conference, , NL, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=150462
(Accessed October 18, 2025)