Instructions to complete this course:

1. Complete each module in sequence. Each module will require watching and/or completing a related activity. The modules must be completed in order to complete the course.
2. Once the modules are completed, then you will have access to the qualified assessment section (multiple choice questions).
3. If you are successful on the qualified assessment, you will then move onto the course evaluation.
4. Complete the course evaluation form. You will have then have access to a downloadable course completion certificate for your records.

Learning objectives:

This introductory on-demand course will examine how auditors traditionally use analytic procedures such as means, modes, and variance analysis. Collectively these traditional techniques are referred to as summary statistics. However, audit data analytics are much more than summary statistics.  We will define and explore the term "audit data analytics" or ADAs.  We will then walk-through ADAs' application, including data visualization techniques using a custom programmed software.  

The application of the ADAs has the potential to be a transformative change to how auditors perform testing. The change is analogous to Major League Baseball's journey to embracing data analytics to help make decisions captured in the book and film Moneyball. This video aims to help auditors move into a data analytics mindset to unlock the opportunities of integrating ADAs into an audit engagement.

Knowledge, skills and abilities

After completion of this course, the professional competence that can be achieved by participants:

1.     Defining audit data analytics (ADA)

2.    Guiding the profession into the audit data analytic mindset

3.    Applying ADAs, including data visualization, through a customized software walkthrough

4.    Exploring the future of ADAs for the audit profession

5.    Identifying the benefits and challenges of using ADAs

For any questions that may arise in the completion of the program, please email [email protected]. You will receive a reply within 24 hours of receipt of your inquiry.