96% of Americans would support more transparency in published studies, a flawed study has found.
This Monday, the National Institute for Scientific Research published its findings however the Scientific Research Institute of America responded with an analysis of the NISR’s report finding the institute only surveyed four men called Gary.
The National Institute for Scientific Research responded to the accusation with their own report accusing the SRIA of only using the same four men named Gary in their report. To which the SRIA countered with another report citing four men named Gary.
The four men at the center of the debacle, Gary Newport, Gary Nearport, Gary Nupurt, and Alistair G. H. Gary III had reportedly never met before and simply happened to be in the same park where the survey was conducted. The four Garys could not be reached for comment until asked.
“I was just walking my dog when I was asked if I wanted to be in a survey and I thought, well, I’ve always wanted to be famous, so why not?” said Gary at his home in Indiana where he now lives with his wife and the three other Garys. “They just asked the one question, ‘Would you support more transparency in published studies’ and I said, sure! And that was that!”
Supporters of the original study (or ‘Garyites’ as they are now known) argue that the NISR makes a valuable point. Detractors of the original study (or ‘Garyers’ as they are now known) argue that the NISR deliberately and wilfully hid their methodology.
The NISR claimed their survey was designed to be anonymous and the SRIA had conducted a breach of the sacrosanct surveyor-surveyee confidentiality. Continuing, the NISR explained that the SRIA only happened to find the four Garys for their report because they now ‘just really like doing surveys’.
The NISR, SRIA, and MSNBC have all vowed to broaden their sample sizes in the future to include participants with names other than Gary.
To see the institutes’ work in action, tune in to the Family Feud, Tuesdays at 8 on ABC.
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