Q13. If you had to choose a new auditor of record, how important would each of the following auditor characteristics be to your decision?:
e. Reputation or name recognition

Size of
Company
Question
Choices
Estimated
Percentage
95 Percent
Confidence Interval
All respondents Very great or great importance 55.1 50.4-59.9
Large Very great or great importance 70.6 59.0-80.5
Midsize Very great or great importance 65.0 58.3-71.7
Small Very great or great importance 37.6 29.5-45.6
All respondents Moderate to little importance 43.7 39.0-48.5
Large Moderate to little importance 29.4 19.5-41.0
Midsize Moderate to little importance 33.9 27.3-40.5
Small Moderate to little importance 60.8 52.7-69.0
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