Teaching logic to auditing students: Can training in logic reduce audit judgment errors?

Journal of Accounting Education

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 215-237

  Nelson, Irvin T ^a   Ratliff, Richard L ^a   Steinhoff, Gordon ^a   Mitchell, Graeme J ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 0042709517     PISSN: 07485751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0748-5751(03)00027-7     Document Type: Article

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