On the Behavior of Statistical Estimators When Sampling Accounting Populations
会计总体抽样中统计估计量的表现
Auditors usually have information on both the book amount and the audit amount available for each sample audit unit. Problems in using difference and ratio estimators, as well as some other estimators, for constructing large-sample normal confidence intervals when the population error rate is low are explored empirically in this article. The findings indicate the need for great care in using large-sample normal confidence intervals for sample sizes of 100 or 200 (sizes…