Q13. If you had to choose a new auditor of record, how important would each of the following auditor characteristics be to your decision?:
a. Audit Fees

Size of
Company
Question
Choices
Estimated
Percentage
95 Percent
Confidence Interval
All respondents Very great or great importance 64.9 60.3-69.5
Large Very great or great importance 56.3 45.0-67.5
Midsize Very great or great importance 59.0 52.2-65.9
Small Very great or great importance 75.2 66.7-82.5
All respondents Moderate to little importance 34.0 29.4-38.5
Large Moderate to little importance 43.7 32.5-55.0
Midsize Moderate to little importance 39.9 33.0-46.7
Small Moderate to little importance 23.2 16.1-31.6
All respondents Don't know 0.0 0.0-0.7
Large Don't know 0.0 0.0-3.0
Midsize Don't know 0.0 0.0-1.6
Small Don't know 0.0 0.0-2.4
All respondents Item Nonresponse 1.1 0.3-2.8
Large Item Nonresponse 0.0 0.0-3.0
Midsize Item Nonresponse 1.1 0.1-3.9
Small Item Nonresponse 1.6 0.2-5.7