In Relation to Fraud, Mandating Employee Vacations of One Week

question 30

Multiple Choice

In relation to fraud, mandating employee vacations of one week or longer annually is effective because:

• A) Employees who work too hard usually burn out and fraud is committed when people are tired and not thinking clearly
• B) If people don't take vacations they will feel underappreciated and think the company "owes them"
• C) When fraudulent employees take a leave, their work usually must be performed by others and the fraud is more easily detected
• D) None of the above

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Definitions:

SSR

Sum of Squared Residuals; it quantifies the variance in observed values that is not explained by the predictive model.

SSE

Stands for Sum of Squared Errors, a measure used in statistics to quantify the discrepancy between the data and an estimation model.

Standard Error

A measure of the dispersion or variability of a sample statistic, such as the mean, from the population mean, often used to indicate precision.

Standard Error

The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of a statistic, most commonly the mean, reflecting the variability of an estimate from sample to sample.