Accounting Information Systems and Essentials of Modern Business Statistics

Accounting Information Systems

Author: Marshall B Romney

KEY BENEFIT: Thorough and up-to-date, this book supports any of the most popular approaches to AIS: focus on transaction cycles and controls; focus on systems life cycle; focus on databases and data modeling; or focus on computer-based controls, fraud and auditing.

KEY TOPICS: The book begins with an overview and conceptual foundations then goes on to discuss control and audit of accounting information systems, accounting information systems applications, and the systems development process.

MARKET: For CPAs and corporate accountants.

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In this textbook, Romney (Brigham Young University) and Steinbart (Arizona State University) discuss the conceptual foundations of accounting information systems, their applications, the control and auditing of accounting information systems, and the systems development process. Particular chapters cover the business process, e-business, relational databases, database design, documentation techniques, computer fraud and security, the revenue cycle, the expenditure cycle, the production cycle, systems analysis, and AIS development strategies. A glossary defines key terms, and numerous diagrams and charts illustrate important concepts. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

Ch. 1	Accounting information systems : an overview	2
Ch. 2	Overview of business processes	24
Ch. 3	Systems development and documentation techniques	60
Ch. 4	Relational databases	104
Ch. 5	Computer fraud and abuse	142
Ch. 6	Control and accounting information systems	188
Ch. 7	Information systems controls for systems reliability - part 1 : information security	236
Ch. 8	Information systems controls for systems reliability - part 2 : confidentiality, privacy, processing integrity, and availability	276
Ch. 9	Auditing computer-based information systems	310
Ch. 10	The revenue cycle : sales and cash collections	352
Ch. 11	The expenditure cycle : purchasing and cash disbursements	408
Ch. 12	The production cycle	456
Ch. 13	The human resources management and payroll cycle	490
Ch. 14	General ledger and reporting system	522
Ch. 15	Database design using the REA data model	552
Ch. 16	Implementing an REA model in a relational database	588
Ch. 17	Special topics in REA modeling	616
Ch. 18	Introduction to systems development and systems analysis	652
Ch. 19	AIS development strategies	700
Ch. 20	Systems design, implementation, and operation	740

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Essentials of Modern Business Statistics (with CD-ROM)

Author: David R Anderson

From the renowned author team that has been writing market-leading business statistics textbooks for more than 20 years, ESSENTIALS OF MODERN BUSINESS STATISTICS, 3e provides a brief introduction to business statistics that balances a conceptual understanding of statistics with the real-world application of statistical methodology. The latest version of Microsoft Excel is integrated throughout the text, showing step-by-step instructions and screen captures to enhance student learning. The Third Edition contains the same student learning features that have made ASW products best-sellers for years; features include the problem-scenario approach and real-world examples that introduce statistical techniques.

Table of Contents:

1. Data and Statistics.
2. Descriptive Statistics: Tabular and Graphical Presentations.
3. Descriptive Statistics: Numerical Measures.
4. Introduction to Probability.
5. Discrete Probability Distributions.
6. Continuous Probability Distributions.
7. Sampling and Sampling Distributions.
8. Interval Estimation.
9. Hypothesis Testing.
10. Comparisons Involving Means.
11. Comparisons Involving Proportions and a Test of Independence.
12. Simple Linear Regression.
13. Multiple Regression.
14. Statistics for Quality Control.