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Are Internet Explorer users dumb? | |
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| Time: 21:41 EST/02:41 GMT | News Source: CNN | Posted By: Robert Stein | ||
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Are users of other Web browsers smarter than the people who use Microsoft's Internet Explorer? A new survey doesn't quite say so. But it sure as heck suggests it. The survey by AptiQuant, a Vancouver-based Web consulting company, gave more than 100,000 participants an IQ test, while monitoring which browser they used to take the test. The result? Internet Explorer users scored lower than average, while Chrome, Firefox and Safari users were slightly above average. | ||
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| #1 By 79018 (74.70.251.160) at 7/30/2011 10:32:13 AM |
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i think the average computer user is not computer literate, they just use the computer to do the basics, email, internet etc. Like car divers they just want to get from here to there.
As a long time PC user, I probably have too man programs installed as I like to try new software. I usually upgrade my OS when the Beta is released. Never had a regret, even with Vista. So with all that said I use 3 browsers, Chrome, IE9 and Firefox in that order, all for different reasons. The average PC user keeps IE because it's there, unless they start to have problems with it. Are they dumb, no, they just don't care what browser they use. |
| #2 By 8556 (173.29.0.175) at 7/30/2011 2:43:36 PM |
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Drilling down to the original article the study is too random to be meaningful. IE users have an average IQ of ~80. Opera users (or the single one they found, just kidding, each browser reportedly had to have at least 500 users to be included) have an average IQ ~120. This is too extreme to accept as credible and other than a form of junk science. Still, it is interesting reading at http://www.aptiquant.com/IQ-Browser-AptiQuant-2011.pdf This post was edited by bobsireno on Saturday, July 30, 2011 at 14:47. |
| #3 By 575725 (174.6.42.6) at 7/31/2011 1:34:30 PM |
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Whenever I see that something's an online survey or test, I'm suspicious, as it means people self-select. If all you go on is browser, and ignore language barriers, age, etc, maybe what this says is that IE users are more likely to randomly click a banner ad for an online test, and THOSE people are less-likely to do well on the test, whereas perhaps users of other browsers will generally decide to the test because they consider themselves "good at IQ tests."
Self-selection rarely gives good results. |
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