Nkem, that in itself will not fix the problem. That is just a conditional inclusion of another stylesheet.
It says "if the browser is IE and less than version 9, then include the ie_fix_9.css file".
If you have not created an "ie_fix_9.css" file, nothing will happen, and if you did, it will only affect IE6/7/8.
If you want to affect all IE, then create a file called ie_fix.css in your template directory, add some styles to it and use:
<!--[if IE]>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="{TEMPLATEURL}ie_fix.css" />
<![endif]-->
Having said that, if you can activate sample surveys, we may be able to solve the problem without including any more stylesheets.