Q13. If you had to choose a new auditor of record, how important would each of the following auditor characteristics be to your decision?: |
j. Expectations or requirements of shareholders, banks, lenders, or underwriters |
| Size of Company |
Question Choices |
Estimated Percentage |
95 Percent Confidence Interval |
|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents | Very great or great importance | 54.4 | 49.5-59.2 |
| Large | Very great or great importance | 52.7 | 41.4-64.1 |
| Midsize | Very great or great importance | 54.1 | 47.2-61.1 |
| Small | Very great or great importance | 55.2 | 46.9-63.6 |
| All respondents | Moderate to little importance | 44.5 | 39.7-49.4 |
| Large | Moderate to little importance | 47.3 | 35.9-58.7 |
| Midsize | Moderate to little importance | 44.2 | 37.3-51.2 |
| Small | Moderate to little importance | 44.0 | 35.7-52.3 |
| All respondents | Don't know | 0.3 | 0.0-1.4 |
| Large | Don't know | 0.0 | 0.0-3.0 |
| Midsize | Don't know | 0.5 | 0.0-3.0 |
| Small | Don't know | 0.0 | 0.0-2.4 |
| All respondents | Item Nonresponse | 0.8 | 0.2-2.4 |
| Large | Item Nonresponse | 0.0 | 0.0-3.0 |
| Midsize | Item Nonresponse | 1.1 | 0.1-3.9 |
| Small | Item Nonresponse | 0.8 | 0.0-4.4 |