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alpha error

n. Statistics

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Specifically, alpha risk is the likelihood that an auditor will conclude that an account is materially misstated (in error) when it is not and beta risk is the likelihood that an auditor will conclude an account is not materially misstated when it is indeed materially misstated (in error).