alleryStart learning →What advantage do audit data analytics give over traditional sampling?
AThey remove the need for judgement
BViewing the whole population of data
CThey make controls testing unnecessary
DThey guarantee absolute assurance
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Viewing the whole population of data
Analytics tools let the auditor examine all the data instead of a selected sample.
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