Statistical techniques for forensic accounting understanding the theory and application of data analysis

Master powerful statistical techniques for uncovering fraud or misrepresentation in complex financial data. The discipline of statistics has developed sophisticated, well-accepted approaches for identifying financial fraud and demonstrating that it is deliberate. Statistical Techniques for Forensic...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dutta, Saurav K., 1963- (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : FT Press 2013.
Edition:1st edition
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009628914906719
Table of Contents:
  • The challenges in forensic accounting
  • Legislation, regulation, and guidance impacting forensic accounting
  • Preventive measures : corporate governance and internal controls
  • Detection of fraud : shared responsibility
  • Data mining
  • Transitioning to evidence
  • Discrete probability distributions
  • Continuous probability distributions
  • Sampling theory and techniques
  • Statistical inference from sample information
  • Determining sample size
  • Regression and correlation.