@Unpublished{Riv06d, replaced-by = { APR07 }, author = { Ronald L. Rivest }, title = { On Estimating the Size of a Statistical Audit }, date = { 2006-11-14 }, OPTyear = { 2006 }, OPTmonth = { November 14, }, note = { Unpublished draft. }, abstract = { We develop a remarkably simple and easily-calculated estimate for the sample size necessary for determining whether a given set of $n$ objects contains $b$ or more ``bad'' objects: $$ n (1 - exp(-3/b)). $$ }, }