Projecting sample misstatements to audit populations: Theoretical, professional, and empirical considerations

Decision Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 261-278

  Wheeler, Stephen ^a   Dusenbury, Richard ^b   Reimers, Jane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accounting auditing and statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031497502     PISSN: 00117315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5915.1997.tb01311.x     Document Type: Article

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