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Table 1 Descriptive statistics for management accounting practices

From: Firm culture and management accounting practices among manufacturing firms in Nigeria

 

Never used

Rarely used

Not sure

Frequently used

Very Freq used

Subtotal

Row N %

Row N %

Row N %

Row N %

Row N %

Mean

Mode

Sd

ABC

3.5

5.2

2.3

68.0

20.9

3.98

4

.87

ABB

2.3

16.4

4.7

41.5

35.1

3.91

4

1.12

ABM

1.7

20.3

4.7

48.8

24.4

3.74

4

1.10

Target costing

1.2

19.8

22.1

34.3

22.7

3.58

4

1.08

Life cycle costing

7.0

19.9

29.8

28.1

15.2

3.25

3

1.15

Quality costing

2.3

24.0

8.8

40.9

24.0

3.60

4

1.16

Just in time

2.9

31.6

18.7

33.3

13.5

3.23

4

1.12

TA

8.1

11.6

27.9

35.5

16.9

3.41

4

1.14

Backflush costing

4.7

15.2

34.5

28.1

17.5

3.39

3

1.09

Balanced score card

3.5

30.2

16.3

31.4

18.6

3.31

4

1.19

Kaizen costing

14.5

32.0

22.1

26.2

5.2

2.76

2

1.15

Value chain analysis

3.5

12.8

9.9

59.3

14.5

3.69

4

.99