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As an example of a situation in which several different statis tics could reasonably be used to calculate a point estimate, consider a population of N invoices. Associated with each invoice is its 鈥渂ook value,鈥 the recorded amount of that invoice. Let T denote the total book value, a known amount. Some of these book values are erroneous. An audit will be carried out by randomly selecting n invoices and determining the audited (correct) value for each one. Suppose that the sample gives the following

\({\rm{T}}\)- sample mean book value

\(\bar X\)- sample mean advised value

\({\rm{\bar D}}\)- sample mean errors

Propose three different statistics for estimating the total audited (i.e., correct) value-one involving just N and,another involving T, N, and \({\rm{\bar D,}}\) and the last involving T and \({\rm{\bar X/\bar Y}}{\rm{.}}\)If \({\rm{N = 5000}}\)and T=1,761,300, calculate the three corresponding point estimates. (The article "Statistical Models and Analysis in Auditing," Statistical Science, 1989: 2-33 discusses properties of these estimators.)

Short Answer

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a.The estimated value is\({\rm{1,704,000}}\).

b.The estimated value is\({\rm{1,591,300}}\).

c.The estimated value is\({\rm{1,601,438}}{\rm{.281}}\).

Step by step solution

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Concept introduction

The standard deviation (SD) is a measure of the variability, or dispersion, between individual data values and the mean, whereas the standard error of the mean (SEM) is a measure of how far the sample mean (average) of the data is expected to differ from the genuine population mean. Always, the SEM is smaller than the SD.

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Calculating the total audited values

The total audited values are denoted by\({\theta _T}\).

First, using simply\(N\)and\(\bar X\)the following statistic can be employed.

\({{\rm{\hat \theta }}_{{{\rm{T}}_{\rm{1}}}}}{\rm{ = N \times \bar X}}\)

Which is simply the \(N\) invoice multiplied by the average.

Second, using\({\rm{N \times \bar X}}\), and\(\bar D\), the following statistic can be employed.

\({{\rm{\hat \theta }}_{{{\rm{T}}_{\rm{2}}}}}{\rm{ = T - N \times \bar D}}\)

When the total sample mean error is deducted from the total book value, the total book value is the result.

Third, using \(T\)and \(\bar X/\bar Y\),the following statistic can be employed.

This is the quotient of the sample mean audited value and the sample mean book average multiplied by the total book value: \({{\rm{\hat \theta }}_{{{\rm{T}}_{\rm{3}}}}}{\rm{ = T \times }}\frac{{{\rm{\bar X}}}}{{{\rm{\bar Y}}}}\)

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Estimating the point using the invoice table

Consider the given,

\(\begin{array}{l}{\rm{N = 5000 }}\\{\rm{T = 1,761,300}}\end{array}\)

The point estimations can be determined using the invoice table and the invoice table

\(\begin{array}{c}{\rm{\bar y = }}\frac{{\rm{1}}}{{\rm{5}}}{\rm{(300 + 720 + 526 + 200 + 127)}}\\{\rm{ = 374}}{\rm{.6}}\end{array}\)

The average audited value in the sample is

\(\begin{array}{c}{\rm{\bar x = }}\frac{{\rm{1}}}{{\rm{5}}}{\rm{(300 + 520 + 526 + 200 + 157)}}\\{\rm{ = 340}}{\rm{.6,}}\end{array}\)

Where the standard deviation of the sample mean error is

\(\begin{array}{c}{\rm{\bar d = }}\frac{{\rm{1}}}{{\rm{5}}}{\rm{(0 + 200 + 0 + 0 - 30)}}\\{\rm{ = 34}}\end{array}\)

As a result, the point estimations

\(\begin{array}{c}{\rm{\& }}{{{\rm{\hat \theta }}}_{{{\rm{T}}_{\rm{1}}}}}{\rm{ = N \times \bar x = 5000 \times 340}}{\rm{.6}}\\{\rm{ = 1,704,000,}}\\{\rm{n\& }}{{{\rm{\hat \theta }}}_{{{\rm{T}}_{\rm{2}}}}}{\rm{ = T - N \times \bar d = 1,761,300 - 5,000 \times 34}}{\rm{.0}}\\{\rm{ = 1,591,300,}}\\{{{\rm{\hat \theta }}}_{{{\rm{T}}_{\rm{3}}}}}{\rm{ = T \times }}\frac{{{\rm{\bar x}}}}{{{\rm{\bar y}}}}\\{\rm{ = 1,761,300 \times }}\frac{{{\rm{340}}{\rm{.6}}}}{{{\rm{374}}{\rm{.6}}}}\\{\rm{ = 1,601,438}}{\rm{.281}}\end{array}\)

Therefore, the required estimated value is\({\rm{1,601,438}}{\rm{.281}}\).

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