{"title":"Inferring About the Average Value of Audit Errors from Sequential Ratio Tests.","authors":"Grzegorz Sitek, Mariusz Pleszczyński","doi":"10.3390/e26110998","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The book amounts are modeled as values of a random variable, represented by a mixture of distributions of both the correct and error-contaminated amounts. The mixing coefficient represents the proportion of items with non-zero error amounts. This study addresses the problem of determining the sample size needed for testing statistical hypotheses regarding mean accounting errors. The average sample size is estimated using the Sequential Probability Ratio Test (SPRT), applying the Monte Carlo method. Estimating average audit errors is a common challenge in economic research.</p>","PeriodicalId":11694,"journal":{"name":"Entropy","volume":"26 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1000,"publicationDate":"2024-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Entropy","FirstCategoryId":"101","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.3390/e26110998","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"PHYSICS, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The book amounts are modeled as values of a random variable, represented by a mixture of distributions of both the correct and error-contaminated amounts. The mixing coefficient represents the proportion of items with non-zero error amounts. This study addresses the problem of determining the sample size needed for testing statistical hypotheses regarding mean accounting errors. The average sample size is estimated using the Sequential Probability Ratio Test (SPRT), applying the Monte Carlo method. Estimating average audit errors is a common challenge in economic research.
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Entropy (ISSN 1099-4300), an international and interdisciplinary journal of entropy and information studies, publishes reviews, regular research papers and short notes. Our aim is to encourage scientists to publish as much as possible their theoretical and experimental details. There is no restriction on the length of the papers. If there are computation and the experiment, the details must be provided so that the results can be reproduced.