Tax audits, part 2. While reviewing the sample of audit fees, a senior accountant for the firm
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Tax audits, part 2.
While reviewing the sample of audit fees, a senior accountant for the firm notes that the fee charged by the firm’s accountants depends on the complexity of the return. A comparison of actual charges therefore might not provide the information needed to set next year’s fees. To better understand the fee structure, the senior accountant requests a new sample that measures the time the accountants spent on the audit. Last year, the average hours charged per client audit was 3.25 hours.
A new sample of 10 audit times shows the following times in hours:
4.2, 3.7, 4.8, 2.9, 3.1, 4.5, 4.2, 4.1, 5.0, 3.4
a) Assume the conditions necessary for inference are met.
Find a 90% confidence interval estimate for the mean audit time.
b) Based on your answer to part
a, do you think that the audit times have, in fact, increased?
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Business Statistics
ISBN: 9781292269313
4th Global Edition
Authors: Norean Sharpe, Richard De Veaux, Paul Velleman