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systematic selection

Forums › Ask ACCA Tutor Forums › Ask the Tutor ACCA AA Exams › systematic selection

  • This topic has 3 replies, 3 voices, and was last updated 13 years ago by Ken Garrett.
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  • November 14, 2011 at 7:00 am #50478
    kateker
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    Dear sir,

    Could you tell me whether my understanding about systematic selection is correct?

    The population is about 10 invoices
    I want to look at 5 of them
    So the interval will be 10/5=2
    the random generation shows I should select number 4 invoice as starting point.
    Then the next one will be number 6, etc.
    the selected samples: 4,6,8,10 and 2

    Thanks in advance!!

    November 17, 2011 at 5:42 pm #89665
    Ken Garrett
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    Kinda right, though with 10 invoices you would look at all! However, correct in principle.

    Change your figures to be:

    Population = 10,000
    Look at 20
    Look at every 10,000/20 = 500th
    Choose first one at random then count through 500 until the next.

    December 6, 2011 at 9:07 pm #89666
    lunix
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    Dear Tutor
    Could you please look at example 1 in this article about audit sampling:
    https://www.acca.co.uk/pubs/students/publications/student_accountant/archive/SA_Aug11_auditsampling_F8.pdf

    Am I right thinking that the interval should be 100 so we should be looking at every 100th dispatch note?

    Many thanks!

    December 6, 2011 at 9:44 pm #89667
    Ken Garrett
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    It seems to me that you are right and that there is an error in that article.

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