The error detection of structural analytical procedures: A simulation study

Auditing

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 67-70

  Chen, Yining ^a   Leitch, Robert A ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical procedures; Error detection; Risk; Simulation; Structural model

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039895232     PISSN: 02780380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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