An Auditor Has Taken a Large Sample from an Audit

question 12

Multiple Choice

An auditor has taken a large sample from an audit population that is skewed in the sense that it contains a large number of small dollar balances.The auditor can conclude

• A) The sampling distribution is not normal; therefore MUS sampling will more accurately define the nature of the population.
• B) The sampling distribution is normal; therefore the confidence coefficient value can be used to evaluate the sample results.
• C) The sampling distribution is not normal; thus attribute sampling is the only alternative statistical tool that can be appropriately used.
• D) None of the above answers is correct.

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