The International Union of Accountants is a body of many accounting firms across the globe who seek to improve their reporting of corporate governance. Each year the Board of the International Union of Accountants conducts a review of their compliance with corporate governance. The Accounting Director of the International Union of Accountants was analyzing the average environmental accounting compliance (EAC) scores of the accounting firms under her control. Accordingly, she took a random sample of 51 accounting firms across the globe and, for each, determined the mean score last year, the percentage of accountants in each firm who have at least one university degree in accounting, and the type of country. The data is stored in file AQM516 s 12010 .xls with the following variables.

Column 1: EAC scores

Column 2: Percentage of accountants in each firm who have at least on e university degree in accounting (Categorical)

1 = less than 50%, 2 = at least 50%

Column 3: Type of country

1 for first world country, 2 for second world country, 3 for third world country

Present a report of your findings (by answering the questions below) as the Accounting Director to the International Union of Accountants.

In your report, answer the following questions.

1. Is the percentage of accountants in each firm who has at least one university degree in accounting related to country type?
2. Is there evidence of different environmental compliance scores (EAC) across the different type of country?
3. Is there evidence to suggest that the environmental compliance scores (EAC) of accounting firms which has less than 50% accountants with at least one university degree in accounting is lower than the environmental compliance scores (EAC) of accounting firms which has at least 50% accountants with at least one university degree in accounting?
4. Among the first and second world countries, is there evidence of a difference in EAC scores between accounting firms which has less than 50% accountants with at least one university degree in accounting and accounting firms which has at least 50% accountants with at least one university degree in accounting?

For each question above, perform separate statistical tests to answer the questions. This assignment should be presented in a professional manner and you need to demonstrate that considerable thought has gone into the analysis of data. Your report should also include technique identification and any underlying assumptions required. Please word process your responses as much as possible. Marks will not be deducted for hand-written Formulas and calculations however mark will be deducted for poor presentation or hand-written report. Show all the necessary steps and calculations for your tests.

Price: $23.18

Solution: The downloadable solution consists of 12 pages, 1118 words.
Deliverable: Word Document