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Analytical Review: Technical Analysis

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Analytical procedures are evaluations of financial information made by a study of plausible relationships between both financial and non-financial data. They are used in all stages of the audit including planning, substantive testing, and final review stage. This chapter surveys a range of R packages that ease technical analysis and data collection tasks in analytical review.

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    J. Christopher Westland

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Christopher Westland, J. (2024). Analytical Review: Technical Analysis. In: Audit Analytics. Use R!. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-47464-4_5

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