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Table 5 Decision usefulness statement statistics test.

From: Audit expectation gap: an empirical analysis

Statistics test

Usefulness of audited financial statements in assessing performance of a firm

Usefulness of audited financial statements in making decisions

A clean audit report showing that a firm is doing well

Mann–Witney U

8189.50

8107.50

4678.50

Wilcoxon W

28,895.00

28,813.50

25,384.50

Z

− 1.700

− 1.832

− 6.907

Asymp. Sig. (2-tailed)

0.089

0.067

0.000