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AptiQuant Psychometric Consulting Co. 498RichardsStreet Vancouver,BCV6B2Z3 Phone: EMail:info@ Web:http://www.AptiQ IntelligenceQuotient(IQ)and BrowserUsage MeasuringtheEffectsofCognitiveAbilityonthe ChoiceofWebBrowser July26,2011 AptiQuant Psychometric Consulting Co. Intelligent Quotient (IQ) and Browser Usage 2 Introduction Although observational findings linking resistance to change/upgrade software to scores on cognitive tests maybe distorted by a lot of factors, it has been suggested that individuals on the lower end of the IQ scale tend to keep using outdated versions of antique web browsers. Because cognitive scores are related to tech- savviness, we hypothesized that choice of web browser is related to cognitive ability of an individual. We used detailed data from a trial to calculate the IQ scores of people using a variety of different browsers. A Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (IV) test was given to over 100,000 people over a period of four weeks. The subjects mostly came to our website from search engines looking to take an IQ Test. All the subjects were from English speaking countries. A significant number of individuals with a low score on the cognitive test were found to be using Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) versions 6.0 to 9 .0. There was no significant difference