Forensic Analytics (CPE Course)

CPE Credit: 2 hours

Course Type: Downloaded PDF materials with online test

Price (with PDF Textbook): $25

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Course Description
Errors and fraudulent transactions can be remarkably difficult to spot. In the Forensic Analytics course, we provide a number of tools for teasing out these problem transactions from the masses of data in which they are normally hidden. Techniques covered include Benford’s Law, outlier analysis, round numbers analysis, growth spurt analysis, policy threshold analysis, and time-series analysis. The course also gives extensive coverage to the process of importing data into Excel, so that these analyses can be conducted.

Author: Steven Bragg

Course Number: AU1033

Learning Objectives

  • Specify how data can be imported into Excel and scrubbed for analysis purposes.

  • Specify how Benford’s Law can be used to identify suspect transactions.

  • Identify the uses to which data analysis techniques can be put for forensic analysis.

Level: Overview

Instructional Method: QAS Self-Study

NASBA Category: Auditing

Prerequisites: A general understanding of Excel

Advance Preparation: None

Latest Review Date: August 2023

Program Registration Requirements: Click on "Purchase Course" near the top of this page to pay for and access the course. You will then be able to download the course as a PDF file, then take an on-line examination, and then download a certificate of completion if you pass the examination.

Program Refund Policy: For more information regarding administrative policies concerning complaints, refunds, and other matters, see our policies page.

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AccountingTools, Inc. is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have the final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.nasbaregistry.org.

The NASBA sponsor identification number for Accountingtools, Inc. is 115881.

AccountingTools is an IRS Approved Continuing Education Provider. We are compliant with the requirements for continuing education providers (as described in sections 10.6 and 10.9 of the Department of Treasury’s Circular No. 230 and in other IRS guidance, forms, and instructions). Our IRS Approved Continuing Education Provider number is 72821.