Which one of the following statements regarding the process of defining the population is NOT correct?
A) The population represents the body of data about which the auditor wishes to generalise.
B) The auditor can randomly sample from whatever part of the population that he or she chooses.
C) The auditor can define the population to include whatever data is desired.
D) The auditor may generalise only about that population which has been sampled.

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The auditor cannot randomly sample from whatever part of the population he or she chooses. The sample must be selected in a manner that is statistically representative of the population as a whole. Random sampling techniques are typically used to achieve this representativeness.

Which One of the Following Statements Regarding the Process of Defining