An audit partner is developing an office training program to familiarize his professional staff with statistical decision models applicable to the audit of dollar value balances. He wishes to demonstrate the relationship of sample sizes to population size and variability and the auditor's specifications as to tolerable misstatement and risk of incorrect acceptance. The partner prepared the following table to show comparative population characteristics and audit specifications of two populations.Characteristics ofPopulation 1 Relativeto Population 2Audit Specifications as to as Samplefrom Population 1 Relative to aSample from Population 2SizeVariabilitySpecifiedTolerableMisstatementSpecified Riskof IncorrectAcceptanceCase 1EqualEqualEqualLowerCase 2EqualLargerLargerEqualCase 3LargerEqualSmallerHigherCase 4SmallerSmallerEqualHigherCase 5LargerEqualEqualLowerYou are to indicate for the specified case from the above table the required sample size to be selected from population 1 relative to the sample from population 2.In case 4 the required sample size from population 1 is:
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