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Sampling risk
Sampling risk is the risk which arises from the possobility that the auditor's conclusion, based on a sampling test may be different from the conlusion reached if the entire population were subjected to the same audit procedure.
There are two types of sampling risk:
- the risk the auditor will conclude, in the case of a test of control, that control risk is lower than it actually is, or in the case of a subsantive test, that a material misstatement does not exist when in fact it does.
- the risk the auditor will conclude, in the case of a test of control, that control risk is higher than it actually is, or in the case of a subsantive test, that a materrial misstatement does exist when in fact it does not.
Sampling risk is the risk which arises from the possobility that the auditor's conclusion, based on a sampling test may be different from the conlusion reached if the entire population were subjected to the same audit procedure.
There are two types of sampling risk:
- the risk the auditor will conclude, in the case of a test of control, that control risk is lower than it actually is, or in the case of a subsantive test, that a material misstatement does not exist when in fact it does.
- the risk the auditor will conclude, in the case of a test of control, that control risk is higher than it actually is, or in the case of a subsantive test, that a materrial misstatement does exist when in fact it does not.