Analysis of Competing Hypotheses
ACH is a structured analytic technique developed by Richards Heuer for intelligence analysis. Define mutually exclusive hypotheses, collect evidence, score each evidence item against each hypothesis, and identify the hypothesis with the least inconsistency — not the most consistency.
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Define hypotheses
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Collect evidence
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Score the matrix
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Identify least inconsistent
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