Electronic Data Analysis (Currently Unavailable)

Author: Robert K Minniti

This course is designed for individuals who would like to review the use of electronic data analysis. With an ever increasing amount of data being stored on computers and other electronic devices it is important to understand how to collect and analyze the data. We will discuss ethics issues with gathering data, security issues while maintaining data, and requirements for proper data disposal. We will review methods for analyzing both structured and unstructured data.

Publication Date: May 2019

Designed For
CPAs, CMAs, CFFs, CIAs, CGMAs, MAFFs, CFEs, CFOs, CEOs, business owners, business managers, internal auditors, external auditors, corporate accountants, government accountants operations personnel and risk management personnel.

Topics Covered

• Review the use of electronic data analysis
• How to collect and analyze the data
• Discuss ethics issues with gathering data
• Security issues while maintaining data
• Requirements for proper data disposal
• Review methods for analyzing both structured and unstructured data

Learning Objectives

• Identify ways to use electronic data analysis
• Differentiate types of data sizes and speeds
• Recognize how data analytics related to past performance
• Identify a type of internal validity concern
• Describe examples of conscious and unconscious bias
• Describe changing technology in businesses
• Describe how good or valid the data being analyzed
• Identify characteristics of data sets as it relates to traditional analytics
• Recognize analytical procedure providing information such as mean, mode, median, and standard deviation

Level
Basic

Instructional Method
Self-Study

NASBA Field of Study
Auditing (2 hours)

Program Prerequisites
None

Advance Preparation
None