Q15. For those categories of accounting firms that you would not consider, how important are the following auditor characteristics in explaining why?: |
i. Responsiveness to client/audit committee questions and needs |
| Size of Company |
Question Choices |
Estimated Percentage |
95 Percent Confidence Interval |
|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents | Very great or great importance | 52.5 | 47.1-57.9 |
| Large | Very great or great importance | 58.5 | 47.4-69.7 |
| Midsize | Very great or great importance | 51.3 | 43.8-58.9 |
| Small | Very great or great importance | 51.2 | 40.9-61.4 |
| All respondents | Moderate to little importance | 31.8 | 26.8-36.8 |
| Large | Moderate to little importance | 33.4 | 22.7-44.2 |
| Midsize | Moderate to little importance | 33.2 | 26.2-40.3 |
| Small | Moderate to little importance | 28.6 | 19.3-39.5 |
| 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 | 13.8 | 10.2-18.0 |
| Large | Item Nonresponse | 4.5 | 1.3-11.0 |
| Midsize | Item Nonresponse | 14.2 | 9.1-20.7 |
| Small | Item Nonresponse | 17.9 | 10.4-27.7 |