Q15. For those categories of accounting firms that you would not consider, how important are the following auditor characteristics in explaining why?:
h. Ability to work with management

Size of
Company
Question
Choices
Estimated
Percentage
95 Percent
Confidence Interval
All respondents Very great or great importance 42.4 37.0-47.8
Large Very great or great importance 47.7 36.4-59.1
Midsize Very great or great importance 40.4 33.0-47.8
Small Very great or great importance 42.9 32.6-53.1
All respondents Moderate to little importance 41.5 36.2-46.8
Large Moderate to little importance 44.3 33.0-55.6
Midsize Moderate to little importance 43.5 36.1-51.0
Small Moderate to little importance 36.9 26.9-46.9
All respondents Don't know 2.0 0.8-4.2
Large Don't know 3.5 0.6-10.7
Midsize Don't know 1.3 0.2-4.5
Small Don't know 2.4 0.3-8.3
All respondents Item Nonresponse 14.1 10.5-18.4
Large Item Nonresponse 4.5 1.3-11.0
Midsize Item Nonresponse 14.8 9.6-21.4
Small Item Nonresponse 17.9 10.4-27.7