> Also did you notice that the numbers in your quote don’t even agree? In parentheses the numbers are out of 41, not 336.
I agree that it's at least sloppy.
> The final results were from a survey, not a study where they trialed Super Mario games on students and followed their progress.
afaik a study can consist of one single survey
> This is not a serious paper.
Maybe, maybe not, my only point was about the sample size which was surprising if you read only the top part.
> afaik a study can consist of one single survey
It definitely can (and they had interviews too), although there's a lot of limitations with their methodology they don't address in the paper.