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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"unit sampling"”.
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A Critical Examination of Dollar Unit Sampling in the Audit of Accounts Receivable
… techniques used in conjunction with dollar unit sampling (DUS) and examines the behavior of five DUS bounds proposed in the accounting literature when applied to simulated accounts receivable populations. This research recognizes that large differences exist between the various populations …
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An investigation of the validity of auditing procedures used in mean-per-unit sampling plans
… literature indicates that the mean-per-unit (MPU) estimator may not properly control the alpha and beta risks under conditions of non-normality. This study concerns the effect of non-normal distributions on the validity of existing auditing procedures used in MPU sampling plans. The …
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Determination of the genetically-significant dose from diagnostic radiology for the South African population, 1990-1991
… in a unique way, namely the so-called Dollar Unit Sampling method. A sample of 27 institutions out of a possible 292 (9%) was drawn in comparison, e.g., with the 8% of France and 8% in Great Britain. It was necessary to rely mainly on the calculation of gonad doses due to a shortage of …
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Weighting and moment conditions in Bayesian inference
… can choose to implement an unequal probability sampling frame to optimize efficiency subject to constraints. If so, the probability weights are known and are traditionally equal to the inverse of the unit sampling probabilities. It is often the case, however, that the sampling mechanism is …