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FIGURE 1: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DECEPTION, PRECONCEPTION, AND SURPRISE


A. RAW DATA
WAS DECEPTION
EMPLOYED?
WERE PLANS KEYED
TO ENEMY PRE-
CONCEPTIONS?
WAS SURPRISE ACHIEVED? TOTALS
OR
SUBTOTALS
YES NO UNKNOWN
Yes Yes
No
Unknown
106
17
8
4
4
1
0
0
0
110
21
9
No Yes
No
Unknown
8
5
12
0
1
58
0
0
0
8
6
70
Unknown Yes
No
Unknown
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
6
1
1
6
Totals
or
Subtotals
156 68 8 232

B. AND SOME CONCLUSIONS

Historically, deceptions schemes have more often been keyed to enemy preconceptions and when deception is keyed to enemy preconception the probability of surprise is greater.


Supporting data: Cases where deception is known to have been employed
COUNTS KEYED TO ENEMY
PRECONCEPTIONS?
TOTALS
Yes No
110 21 131
% 84 16 100


Supporting data: Cases where deception is known to have been employed
WAS DECEPTION KEYED
TO PRECONCEPTIONS?
Yes WAS SURPRISE ACHIEVED? SUBTOTAL
Yes No
106 4 110
No 17 4 21
SUBTOTAL 123 8 131

Relevant statistic:

OBSERVED
COUNT
EXPECTED COUNT
UNDER NULL
HYPOTHESIS
Yes 110 65.5
No 21 65.5
Total 131 131.0

Computed Value of Statistic

Critical value of statistic

Relevant Statistic: Computed Value of Statistic

Critical value of statistic