Question

List three obscure statistics you can find (reference please) . Make sure to reference your article and detail why these three stats are obscure

Answer 1

1)

Remote Chance:

Last year, a study by Logitech, the computer accessory and remote controls manufacturer, revealed that there's a nearly 50 percent chance that your lost remote control is stuck between your sofa cushions. Meanwhile, 4 percent of lost remotes are found in the fridge or freezer, and 2 percent turn up somewhere outdoors or in the car.

There is no clarity between the data

2)

Mysterious Surfing:

The Pew Internet & American Life Project study, published in Aug. 2011, found that 8 percent of Internet users do not use email or search engines. Somehow, this sizable portion of the online population manages to surf the web some other way... perhaps by typing in URLs by hand

here it is ambiguity in the data

3)

Unlucky 13:

In 1993, a group of medical researchers in Britain found that traffic accidents were 52 percent more likely to result in hospital-worthy injuries if they occurred on Friday the 13th than if they occurred on Friday the 6th

Their study, which analyzed traffic accidents on London's M 25 motorway during five months in which the 13th fell on a Friday (and compared it to data from the previous Fridays of those months), ended up getting published in the prestigious British Medical Journal. The findings were real, but their actual intent was to demonstrate how arbitrary statistics can be when small sample sizes are used. However, ultimately, no one was more interested in the results than triskaidekaphobics those who fear the number 13.

4)

Godless in Spirit:

In a recent survey of 275 elite scientists,

20 percent of scientists who identified themselves as "atheists" also said they were "spiritual."

Despite the fact that spirituality suggests a belief in supernatural entities, and that atheism is usually taken to mean just the opposite, this statistic clearly suggests the two notions can be compatible.

but it is not clearly indicating the actual statstics.