>> found that 62% of respondents reported no or limited statistical knowledge

Combined with Dunning-Kruger, this means that the real number of people completely clueless about statistics is closer to 38%.

Funny that you mentioned an effect that may just have been a statistical artifact after all [0, 1]

(Also, I assume you are joking in how you apply the effect here even assuming it is real)

[0] https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8992690/

[1] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S01602...