A pocket guide to risk mathematics : key concepts every auditor should know / Matthew Leitch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leitch, Matthew.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Business mathematics.

Risk management--Mathematical models.

Risk management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (203 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This uniquely accessible, breakthrough book lets auditors grasp the thinking behind the mathematical approach to risk without doing the mathematics. Risk control expert and former Big 4 auditor, Matthew Leitch, takes the reader gently but quickly through the key concepts, explaining mistakes organizations often make and how auditors can find them. Spend a few minutes every day reading this conveniently pocket sized book and you will soon transform your understanding of this highly topical area and be in demand for interesting reviews with risk at their heart. ""I was really excite

Contents:

A Pocket Guide to Risk Mathematics; Contents; Start here; Good choice!; This book; How this book works; The myth of mathematical clarity; The myths of quantification; The auditor's mission; Auditing simple risk ssessments; Some types of pdirsotbability ribution; Auditing the design of business prediction models; Auditing model fitting and validation; Auditing and samples; Auditing in the world of high finance; Congratulations; Useful websites; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

9786612848957

9780470971468

0470971460

9781119206125

111920612X

9781282848955

128284895X

9780470669136

0470669136

OCLC:

671656001