Some Sampling Problems in Connection with Accounting Records

Stanley F. James

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series C, 1956, vol. 5, issue 2, 86-105

Abstract: 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.

Date: 1956
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