The primary purpose of this paper is to advance research in internal audit (IA) evaluation by developing an IA assessment model that considers interrelationships among specific factors used by external auditors when evaluating the strength of the IA function. The model is built on three factors...

This paper considers the use of an emerging technology based on formal evidential reasoning to help audit quality assurers conduct higher quality inspections of audit engagements. Although the ideas should be relevant to the inspection process in general, we focus on PCAOB stated objectives and...