Some Sampling Problems in Connection with Accounting Records

Some Sampling Problems in Connection with Accounting Records

In this article Mr James describes in considerable detail an investigation into the application of statistical methods to the examination of accounting records. He draws attention to the special problems encountered when sampling highly skew population distributions such as are frequently found in t...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C (Applied Statistics) 1956-06, Vol.5 (2), p.86-105
1. Verfasser: James, Stanley F.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Accounting records
Applied statistics
Estimate reliability
Estimators for the mean
Kurtosis
Population estimates
Sample mean
Sampling distributions
Skewed distribution
Statistical variance
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Zusammenfassung:In this article Mr James describes in considerable detail an investigation into the application of statistical methods to the examination of accounting records. He draws attention to the special problems encountered when sampling highly skew population distributions such as are frequently found in this type of work.
ISSN:0035-9254
1467-9876
DOI:10.2307/2985492