Forensic Analytics: Methods and Techniques for Forensic Accounting Investigations

Nigrini, Mark J.

ISBN 10: 0470890460 / ISBN 13: 9780470890462

Edité par Wiley, 2011

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Synopsis :

Discover how to detect fraud, biases, or errors in your data using Access or Excel With over 300 images, Forensic Analytics reviews and shows how twenty substantive and rigorous tests can be used to detect fraud, errors, estimates, or biases in your data. For each test, the original data is shown with the steps needed to get to the final result. The tests range from high-level data overviews to assess the reasonableness of data, to highly focused tests that give small samples of highly suspicious transactions. These tests are relevant to your organization, whether small or large, for profit, nonprofit, or government-related. * Demonstrates how to use Access, Excel, and PowerPoint in a forensic setting * Explores use of statistical techniques such as Benford's Law, descriptive statistics, correlation, and time-series analysis to detect fraud and errors * Discusses the detection of financial statement fraud using various statistical approaches * Explains how to score locations, agents, customers, or employees for fraud risk * Shows you how to become the data analytics expert in your organization Forensic Analytics shows how you can use Microsoft Access and Excel as your primary data interrogation tools to find exceptional, irregular, and anomalous records.

À propos de l?auteur: Mark J. Nigrini, PhD, is an Associate Professor at The College of New Jersey, where he teaches auditing and forensic accounting. His current research addresses forensic and continuous monitoring techniques and advanced theoretical work on Benford's Law. Dr. Nigrini has published his Benford's Law and forensic accounting research in academic journals and in professional accounting and auditing publications. He has been interviewed on radio and television and his work has been discussed in publications including the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Forensic Analytics: Methods and Techniques ...
Éditeur : Wiley
Date d'édition : 2011
Reliure : Hardcover
Etat : Very Good
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