Will Kenton is an expert on the economy and investing laws and regulations. He previously held senior editorial roles at Investopedia and Kapitall Wire and holds a MA in Economics from The New School ...

Publicly held companies, or private companies that apply for credit, must have routine audits of financial transactions conducted. Outside agencies, not affiliated with the company, perform these ...

When auditing a company, auditors use a combination of professional judgment and statistical sampling methods to estimate account balances. Statistical sampling is an efficient way to design samples, ...

Stratified mean-per-unit sampling is a key tool used by auditors. The popularity of this statistical procedure arises from its unique ability to produce trustworthy ...

Ali Hussain has a background that consists of a career in finance with large financial institutions and in journalism covering business. Vikki Velasquez is a researcher and writer who has managed, ...

Dollar-unit sampling is a popular method for sampling accounts by auditors. In this article, we analyze and compare two methods of obtaining dollar-unit samples, simple random sampling and sieve ...