Q22. Since 2003, how has each of the following aspects of audit quality changed?:
b. Technical capability with accounting principles and auditing standards

Size of
Company
Question
Choices
Estimated
Percentage
95 Percent
Confidence Interval
All respondents Greatly or moderately increased 42.1 37.2-46.9
Large Greatly or moderately increased 33.6 22.9-44.2
Midsize Greatly or moderately increased 45.4 38.6-52.3
Small Greatly or moderately increased 40.8 32.5-49.1
All respondents Same to greatly decreased 55.7 50.9-60.6
Large Same to greatly decreased 66.4 55.8-77.1
Midsize Same to greatly decreased 51.8 44.9-58.8
Small Same to greatly decreased 56.8 48.4-65.2
All respondents Don't know 1.4 0.5-3.2
Large Don't know 0.0 0.0-3.0
Midsize Don't know 1.6 0.3-4.7
Small Don't know 1.6 0.2-5.7
All respondents Item Nonresponse 0.8 0.2-2.3
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