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Forensic analytics : methods and techniques for forensic accounting investigations / Mark J. Nigrini.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, 2020Edition: 2nd edDescription: xvi, 505 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9781119585763
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.25/963 22
LOC classification:
  • HV6768 .N54 2020
Other classification:
  • BUS003000
Online resources: Summary: "The book will review and discuss (with Access and Excel examples) the methods and techniques that investigators can use to uncover anomalies in corporate and public sector data. These anomalies would include errors, biases, duplicates, number rounding, and omissions. The focus will be the detection of fraud, intentional errors, and unintentional errors using data analytics. Despite the quantitative and computing bias, the book will still be interesting to read with interesting vignettes and illustrations. Most chapters will be understandable by accountants and auditors that usually are lacking in the rigors of mathematics and statistics. The data interrogation methods are based on (a) known statistical techniques, and (b) the author's own published research in the field"--
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Vol info Status Date due Barcode
Main Long Main Long Martin Oduor-Otieno Library This item is located on the library first floor Non-fiction HV6768 .N54 2020 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 32073/25 Available MOOL25070002

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"The book will review and discuss (with Access and Excel examples) the methods and techniques that investigators can use to uncover anomalies in corporate and public sector data. These anomalies would include errors, biases, duplicates, number rounding, and omissions. The focus will be the detection of fraud, intentional errors, and unintentional errors using data analytics. Despite the quantitative and computing bias, the book will still be interesting to read with interesting vignettes and illustrations. Most chapters will be understandable by accountants and auditors that usually are lacking in the rigors of mathematics and statistics. The data interrogation methods are based on (a) known statistical techniques, and (b) the author's own published research in the field"--

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