When auditing a company, auditors use a combination of professional judgment and statistical sampling methods to estimate account balances. Statistical sampling is an efficient way to design samples, ...
Ali Hussain has a background that consists of a career in finance with large financial institutions and in journalism covering business. Vikki Velasquez is a researcher and writer who has managed, ...
Publicly held companies, or private companies that apply for credit, must have routine audits of financial transactions conducted. Outside agencies, not affiliated with the company, perform these ...
Vol. 28, No. 4, Partial Proceedings of the 1979 I.O.S. Annual Conference (Dec., 1979), pp. 267-280 (14 pages) The Statistician joined the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society as its Series D from ...
During design verification, how many samples should you use for testing? A consultant answers the question. In the “MyQuickConsult Question Grab Bag," a new series, David Amor, cofounder of medical ...
Is the square root of (N) + 1 a statistically valid scheme? Originating in the 1920s as a sampling scheme for agricultural regulatory inspectors, the square root (Sqrt) of the lot size (N) + 1 was ...
Will Kenton is an expert on the economy and investing laws and regulations. He previously held senior editorial roles at Investopedia and Kapitall Wire and holds a MA in Economics from The New School ...