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INDEPENDENT CHECK SYSTEM [2 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2006-06-08
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Accounting
- Auditing (Accounting)
- Statistics
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- bias
1, record 1, English, bias
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
The propensity, often unconscious, to search for, assemble, present, or use evidence in such a manner as to point to a preselected endproduct or conclusion. Bias does not of necessity lead to error, since it may be anticipated and allowed for by employing adjusting or weighting devices, or ostensibly inaccurate results may be interpreted or cross-checked in a variety of ways. 2, record 1, English, - bias
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
It is possible to extract evidence and synthesize an objective and valid picture even when employing biased or potentially biased sources of information. A principal objective in the process of auditing is the search for and correction of biases. An auditor determines the presence or lack of bias in a group of accounts receivable by circularizing persons against whom claims are held. Offsetting biases are regularly taken advantage of in the construction of "internal controls". By the operation of a normally patterned system of "internal check", valid results are deemed to follow by placing individuals with independent, opposing interests in opposition to each other and making them participants in the recording of the same transaction. The assumption underlying any such device is that the offsetting biases are of the same relative order of magnitude. 2, record 1, English, - bias
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Comptabilité
- Vérification (Comptabilité)
- Statistique
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- parti pris
1, record 1, French, parti%20pris
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- partialité 2, record 1, French, partialit%C3%A9
correct, feminine noun
- biais 1, record 1, French, biais
correct, masculine noun
- distorsion 1, record 1, French, distorsion
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Altération, intentionnelle ou non, des conditions d'une expérience, de la présentation d'une information, d'une estimation comptable ou d'un sondage, qui a pour effet de modifier les résultats ou l'information comptable dans un sens déterminé. 1, record 1, French, - parti%20pris
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Dans le cas d'informations comptables, la mesure d'éléments à comptabiliser est partiale lorsqu'elle a tendance à aboutir systématiquement à une sous-évaluation ou à une surévaluation de ces éléments. Le choix des méthodes comptables peut être partial lorsqu'il est fait avec l'idée de favoriser les intérêts d'utilisateurs particuliers ou la réalisation d'objectifs économiques ou politiques précis. L'auditeur doit tenir compte de la possibilité d'un parti pris général dans les estimations comptables, et aussi de la possibilité que l'orientation du parti pris change de manière importante d'un exercice à l'autre, situations qui sont susceptibles de produire des résultats inexacts. 1, record 1, French, - parti%20pris
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 2001-07-18
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- General Scientific and Technical Vocabulary
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- independent check system 1, record 2, English, independent%20check%20system
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- système de vérification indépendante
1, record 2, French, syst%C3%A8me%20de%20v%C3%A9rification%20ind%C3%A9pendante
masculine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
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