ACC 560 Accounting Analytics
This course introduces students to various methods and techniques available for analyzing vast amount of accounting data (“Big Data”) to assist with forensic investigation or other strategic decisions. The following types of analyses will be explored: Benford, Decision Tree, Regression, Time Series, and Pattern Discovery. Students will use tools such as IDEA, SAS, SAP, and Excel to conduct vendor-risk scoring, or to investigate such cases as purchase card fraud, multiple-period cost and expense fraud, and reimbursement fraud.
Offered
Spring