With statistical sampling, counsel can simplify damage analyses, avoid potential issues with incomplete or missing data, and minimize the risk of error. In our prior ...

here is very good news for CPAs whose clients face the often burdensome administrative costs of claiming allowable expense deductions for meals and entertainment (M&E)—the IRS now will permit the use ...

When auditing a company, auditors use a combination of professional judgment and statistical sampling methods to estimate account balances. Statistical sampling is an efficient way to design samples, ...

There is little dispute that the False Claims Act (FCA) is among the most potent weapons for fighting fraud and government waste. In just this past fiscal year alone, the DOJ utilized the FCA to ...

The False Claims Act contains numerous requirements that are designed to prevent meritless cases from proceeding to discovery and trial. Among these provisions is the rule that, to establish liability ...

Survey sampling and estimation methods form the cornerstone of modern statistical inference, underpinning research across the social, medical, and natural sciences. At their heart, these methods ...

Jim Chappelow is an independent consulting economist with over 13 years of experience in economic development, research, teaching, forecasting, and consulting. David Kindness is a Certified Public ...

Several states with extensive water use databases rely upon the census approach. That is, data are collected for all water users withdrawing amounts greater than a specified threshold that varies from ...

Applied Statistics is the implementation of statistical methods, techniques, and theories to real-world problems and situations in several fields, such as science, engineering, business, medicine, ...