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Intelligence Quotient (IQ) and Browser Usage : ウィキペディア英語版 | Intelligence Quotient (IQ) and Browser Usage "Intelligence Quotient (IQ) and Browser Usage" was a hoax study allegedly released by a Canadian company called AptiQuant Psychometric Consulting Co. on July 26, 2011, that claimed to have correlated the IQs of 100,000 internet users with which web browsers they used.〔Rachel Metea. ("Hey Babe, What's Your Browser?". ) ''The DePaulia''.〕〔Janet I. Tu. ("Study claiming Internet Explorer users have lower IQs? Bogus." ) ''The Seattle Times'', 8/3/2011.〕 Its claims that users of Microsoft's Internet Explorer had lower IQs than users of other browsers was widely covered in the media, and its revelation as a hoax was widely cited as an example of the weaknesses of the media.〔Craig Silverman. ("Newsmangled: Fake study of web surfers intelligence proves media not so smart". ) ''Toronto Star'', 8/5/2011.〕 The speed with which the story was reported was also alleged by some to be indicative of anti-Microsoft bias. The hoax was arranged by Tarandeep Gill, a web developer from Vancouver, British Columbia.〔Paul Sawers. ("The ‘Internet Explorer IQ’ hoaxer talks to The Next Web". ) ''The Next Web'', 8/3/2011.〕 He claimed it was to raise awareness of the outdated nature of earlier versions of Internet Explorer that still have significant market share.〔("Why a web developer orchestrated the "IE users are dumb" study hoax". ) ''The Independent'', 8/4/2011.〕〔Jonathan Walczak. ("Anatomy of a Hoax: Study Showing Internet Explorer Users Have Low IQs Was Fake". ) ''Seattle Weekly'', 8/5/2011.〕 It came amid a wave of other negative coverage of earlier versions of Internet Explorer.〔Jabulani Leffall. ("Microsoft: Security is a Two-Way Street". ) ''Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine Online'', 8/1/2011.〕 ==The reported results==
The study was presented as measuring how IQ affects choices to adopt new technologies.〔
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