Level 2 Intelligence Analyst Certification

Training for Explanative Intelligence Analysis

What you'll learn:

• Demonstrate critical thinking skills to reduce bias and other mental errors
• Overcome negative thinking that can thwart objective analysis
• Understand the need to structure analysis
• Identify major factors and characterize the underlying causal and affected factors
• Select and apply specific analytic techniques to produce explanative intelligence to identify "why" events happen

The views expressed in this course are the instructor's alone and do not reflect the official position of the U.S. Government, the Intelligence Community, or the Department of Defense.

This course builds on the Level 1 Intelligence Analyst Certification course for descriptive analysis. One cannot explain why events occurred, if one does not firstknow what events occurred. Explanative intelligenceinterprets current events. It seeks to explain an adversary’s behavior, answer the question “why,” and establish causal relationships. Thus, students in this course should hold a Level 1 certification and be experienced descriptive intelligence analysts. Likewise, as the graduates of the Level 2 course gain experience and expertise they become ready for the Level 3 course and are ready to produce predictive intelligence analysis.