egg.com Chapter 13 Sweet 2Fbb auctioackboard.com2521witupp25 Help Save & Em Che In a 1993 article in Accounting and Business Research, Meier, Alam, and Pearson studied auditor lobbying on several proposed US accounting standards that affect banks and savings and loan associations. As part of this study, the authors investigated auditors positions regarding proposed changes in accounting standards that would increase client firms' reported earnings. It was hypothesized that auditors would favor such proposed changes because their clients' managers would receive higher compensation (salary, bonuses, and so on) when client earnings were reported to be higher. Table (below) summarizes auditor positions regarding proposed changes in accounting standards that would decrease client firms' reported earnings. Large Small Firms Firms Total In Favor Opposed 27 152 179 29 154 183 Total 56 306 362 Click here for the Excel Data File Determine whether the relationship between auditor position and the size of the client firm is the same for earnings-decreasing changes in accounting standards as it is for earnings-increasing changes in accounting standards. Use a = .05. (Round your expecte frequencies to 2 decimal places. Round your answer to 3 decimal places.) x2 SO HO. independence. Conclude relationships the same < Prev 4 of 5 Next > 51F Mostly cloud