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Identify Quantitative and Qualitative Considerations That Are Taken into Account

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Identify quantitative and qualitative considerations that are taken into account when the auditor evaluates whether misstatements either cause financial reports to be materially misstated or requires additional disclosure.


Definitions:

Maximizing

The strategy of seeking the best possible outcome or the highest possible utility when making a decision.

Availability Heuristic

A cognitive bias that causes people to overestimate the probability of events associated with memorable or vivid examples.

Satisficing

A decision-making strategy that entails selecting the first option that meets a minimum set of criteria, rather than optimizing.

Heuristic

Cognitive shortcuts or rules of thumb that simplify decision making, often at the expense of accuracy or completeness.

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