An auditor has taken a large sample from an audit population that is skewed in the sense that it contains a large number of small dollar balances.The auditor can conclude
A) The sampling distribution is not normal; therefore MUS sampling will more accurately define the nature of the population.
B) The sampling distribution is normal; therefore the confidence coefficient value can be used to evaluate the sample results.
C) The sampling distribution is not normal; thus attribute sampling is the only alternative statistical tool that can be appropriately used.
D) None of the above answers is correct.

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The Central Limit Theorem states that the sampling distribution of the sample mean will be approximately normal if the sample size is large enough, regardless of the population's distribution.

An Auditor Has Taken a Large Sample from an Audit