In Practice, Auditors Rarely Assign Numerical Probabilities to Inherent Risk

question 43

Essay

In practice, auditors rarely assign numerical probabilities to inherent risk, control risk, or acceptable audit risk. It is more common to assess these risks as high, medium, or low. For each of the four situations below, fill in the blanks for planned detection risk and the amount of evidence you would plan to gather ("planned evidence") using the terms high, medium, or low.

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Definitions:

ANOVA

Analysis of variance. A comparison of the variance within groups with the variance among groups. See also MANOVA.

Multivariate

Pertaining to three or more variables, as in multivariate analyses or multivariate statistics.

Univariate

Pertaining to an analysis or representation that involves only one variable to understand its distribution or impact in isolation.

Bivariate

Pertaining to two variables, as in bivariate analysis or bivariate statistics.