If an Auditor, Planning to Use Statistical Sampling, Is Concerned

question 108

Multiple Choice

If an auditor, planning to use statistical sampling, is concerned with the number of a client's sales invoices that contain mathematical errors, the auditor would most likely utilize which sampling technique?

• A) Random sampling with replacement
• B) Sampling for attributes
• C) Ssampling for variables
• D) Stratified random sampling

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