The Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS)issued by PCAOB Provide Guidelines

question 35

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The Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS)issued by PCAOB provide guidelines for conducting an IS/IT audit.

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Definitions:

Variance

A measure of the distribution’s variability. It is the sum of the squared deviations about the expected value.

Standard Deviation

A statistical measure of the dispersion or variability of a set of numbers, indicating how much the individual numbers differ from the mean.

Deviation

The difference between a specific value and a reference point, often used in statistics to measure variability.

Capital Asset Pricing Model

A model that describes the relationship between systematic risk and expected return for assets, particularly stocks, for pricing risky securities.