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This topic could have gone under the statistics heading - but anyway.
Various discussions have talked about statistics and variance of processes, and i'm sure we all have an appreciation of what it is all about.
Therefore when we conduct an audit, which is a method of 'measurement' like any other (maybe) should we adopt a statisitical approach to sample sizes, plotting and interpretation of data (findings). i.e. just because we find an NC in an audit couldnt it just be that this is a common cause of variance in the process ?
Or am I way off beam ?
Various discussions have talked about statistics and variance of processes, and i'm sure we all have an appreciation of what it is all about.
Therefore when we conduct an audit, which is a method of 'measurement' like any other (maybe) should we adopt a statisitical approach to sample sizes, plotting and interpretation of data (findings). i.e. just because we find an NC in an audit couldnt it just be that this is a common cause of variance in the process ?
Or am I way off beam ?