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Intelligence analysis
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<p>Intelligence analysis is the application of individual and collective cognitive methods to weigh data and test hypotheses within a secret socio-cultural context. The descriptions are drawn from what may only be available in the form of deliberately deceptive information; the analyst must correlate the similarities among deceptions and extract a common truth. Although its practice is found in its purest form inside national <a href="/facts/Intelligence_agency/r3kDlaeD">intelligence agencies</a>, its methods are also applicable in fields such as <a href="/facts/Business_intelligence/ftThn7Wf">business intelligence</a> or <a href="/facts/Competitive_intelligence/4gHQIJzJ">competitive intelligence</a>. </p>