alt Hacker Newsmore and more i see papers. interview 8 ppl, draw conclusions based on their expert opinions. AI and Cybersecurity are full of this.
Even saw some where they just slapped interviews + protocol into chatgpt as 'methodology' to extract the results -_-. Peer reviewed and published.
People don't always have the resources to conduct massive "proper" studies. We live in the real world, and have to settle for what studies people can conduct.
Not saying we should take such studies as the "gospel truth" ... but if you ignore them and only consider "proper" studies, you'll be waiting a very long time to learn anything new.