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This article presents a survey of 278 intelligence analysts' views of fully operational analytic technologies and their newly developed replacements. It was found that usability was an important concept in analysts' reasons for and against using analytic tools. The perceived usability of a tool was not necessarily indicative of its perceived usefulness. Analysts' decisions to recommend an analytic...