Sample content Week 4 DQs Week 4 DQ1 What are some of the different types of sampling methods that are available to the auditor? How does the auditor decide which method to use? How will the different methods affect the audit? Auditors have multiple opportunities when deciding on sampling methods. Included are statistical probability sampling and non-statistical sampling. Statistical sampling in particular occurs based on an objective criterion. The results of statistical sampling are quantifiable, and the methodology for sample selection equally varies from one auditor to the next. Non-statistical sampling includes subjective judgments, in which bias is introduced into the sample selection process. Considering that there is no scientific underpinning for the items chosen for sampling, variations within the size and nature of the sample selected from auditors in relation to experience and judgment. The relation between each of the types is that both sampling reaches a point w