Q13. If you had to choose a new auditor of record, how important would each of the following auditor characteristics be to your decision?:
d. Industry specialization or expertise

Size of
Company
Question
Choices
Estimated
Percentage
95 Percent
Confidence Interval
All respondents Very great or great importance 69.3 64.7-73.8
Large Very great or great importance 72.1 60.4-81.9
Midsize Very great or great importance 75.9 70.0-81.9
Small Very great or great importance 60.0 51.7-68.2
All respondents Moderate to little importance 29.6 25.1-34.1
Large Moderate to little importance 27.9 18.1-39.6
Midsize Moderate to little importance 23.0 17.1-28.8
Small Moderate to little importance 38.4 30.2-46.6
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