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Executing a cost-effective and value-added audit requires an understanding of population analysis. Without this knowledge, you run the risk of spreading your resources and your sampling over low risk subsets of the population. This could result in crucial data not being collected.
In this course, you will learn when and how to use population analysis in the planning phase of the audit and how to identify subsets of the population that behave differently from a benchmark data set.
This course is appropriate for auditors, managers, and executives working in both the public and private sectors.
Course Objectives
- Summarize introductory terminology and methodology related to Data Analysis.
- Evaluate shapes of distribution relevant to their important characteristics.
- Determine which measure of central tendency and variation to use based on the frequency distribution.
- Evaluate the important differences between a set of data and a chosen benchmark standard using shape, central tendency, and variation.
- Determine when to use correlation and time series analysis.
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| Course Duration: 1 day(s) |
| CPEs Available: 8 |
| Knowledge Level: Intermediate |
| Field of Study: Auditing |
| Prerequisites: Prerequisites |
| Advance Preparation: Advance Preparation None |
| Delivery Method: eLearning (Group-Internet-Based); On-site Training (Group-Live); Seminar (Group-Live) |
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Course Outline |
Course Outline Body Introduction to Data Analysis
- Defining Data Analysis
- Data Analysis and Audit Planning
- Population
- Random Sample
- Variables
Population Analysis: Shapes of Frequency Distributions
- Descriptive Statistics
- Graphical Presentation
- Uniform Distribution
- Skewed Distribution
- Bimodal Distribution
- Normal Distribution
Population Analysis: Measures of Central Tendency and Variation
- Measures of Central Tendency
- Shape of Distribution and Central Tendency
- Measures of Variability
- Range
- Quartile Deviation
- Standard Deviation
Population Analysis: Comparison to Benchmarks
- IPPF Standard 2320 – Practice Advisory 2320-1Benchmarking
- Recalculations
- Non-Random Selection
Case Study Using Frequency Distributions
Population Analysis: Time Series and Correlational Analysis
- Time Series Analysis
- Case Study Using Time Series Analysis
- Correlational Analysis
Case Study Using Correlations |
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