An experimental assessment of recent professional developments in nonstatistical audit sampling guidance

Auditing

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 81-96

  Messier Jr , William F ^b   Kachelmeier, Steven J ^a   Jensen, Kevan L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Auditor judgment; Decision aids; Nonstatistical sampling; Tolerable misstatement

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040675568     PISSN: 02780380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/aud.2001.20.1.81     Document Type: Article

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