compensating error
Definition
Error in computation or in recording of accounting data, that is neutralized (counter balanced) by an equal and opposite error. Since compensating errors do not show up in the total, they are difficult to locate through statistical methods. Sometimes they are deliberately introduced in a computation to cancel the effect of another (known) error.
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