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The research aims to explore how measurement errors by auditors affect statistical estimators and sampling procedures.

Measurement Error and Statistical Sampling in Auditing: The Potential Effects.

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Investigates how measurement errors impact statistical results in auditing, suggesting practical implications for confidence levels.

The research aims to explore how measurement errors by auditors affect statistical estimators and sampling procedures.
Conducted a Monte Carlo simulation study to analyze different statistical estimators.
Examined the influence of independently occurring measurement errors on statistical sampling procedures.
Assessed the confidence levels achieved by various statistical methods in the presence of measurement error.
Found that measurement errors can significantly undermine the statistical results obtained by auditors.
Demonstrated that the actual confidence levels from statistical procedures are often much lower than desired.
Highlighted the necessity for auditors to account for measurement errors in their statistical methods.

Anderson et al. (1986) studied this question.

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