Thursday, August 25, 2011
Friday, August 19, 2011
Study Showing IE Users Have Low IQ Likely a Hoax
...interesting article found concerning a study of IE users having low IQ a hoax
Study Showing IE Users Have Low IQ Likely a Hoax
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Remember the recent study from a Canadian company showed users with lower than average IQs are more likely to use Internet Explorer than other browsers? It might be a (very elaborate) hoax.
CBR found that AptiQuant’s — the supposed company behind the survey — website contains large chunks of text and images identical to the material found on the site of a psychometric testing company called Central Test. Compare these two pages, for example, and you’ll see that at least one of these companies is fake.
However, CBR has gotten a statement from Central Test claiming they don’t have any connection to AptiQuant, which pretty much cements the entire story as a hoax.
What’s amazing about this hoax is the attention to detail on AptiQuant’s website. For example, you can find earlier studies (also copy/pasted from Central Test’s studies), FAQ and the company’s full address — in short, everything else you would normally find on a website of such a company.
Furthermore, after releasing the initial article and the “study” behind it, AptiQuant did not remain silent, publishing a follow-up article saying it’s been threatened by a lawsuit from loyal IE users.
We’ve contacted both Central Test and AptiQuant but have not yet heard from either company
Sunday, August 7, 2011
New Member of the International Advisory Board of the Indian Journal of Commerce & Management Studies- ISSN: 2229-5674
The beginning of August I received my official letter from Researchers World as I have been selected to become a member of the International Advisory Board of the Indian Journal of Commerce & Management Studies- ISSN: 2229-5674 at http://www.scholarshub.net/
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