Which One of the Following Statements Regarding the Process of Defining

question 113

Multiple Choice

Which one of the following statements regarding the process of defining the population is NOT correct? The

• A) population represents the body of data about which the auditor wishes to generalise.
• B) auditor can define the population to include whatever data is desired.
• C) auditor can randomly sample from whatever part of the population he or she chooses.
• D) auditor may generalise only about that population which has been sampled.

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