Identify the Type of Fallacy in the Following Passage

question 82

Essay

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage.
A reliable statewide study found that one western town (which we won't name) had an unusually high rate of death from cancer. The study, done during the 1970s, showed the cancer death rate for white females to be 175.4 per 100,000, compared to 154.9 for the state. One resident dismissed the finding as follows: "Statistics! You can prove anything you want with statistics! There's no more cancer here than anywhere."

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Definitions:

Capacity Increment

The addition or increase in a system's or facility's ability to produce goods or services.

Fixed Costs

Expenses that do not change with the level of output or sales, such as rent, salaries, and insurance premiums.

Drum

In production and project management, often refers to the constraint or bottleneck resource that dictates the pace at which a process can run.

Buffer

A zone of protection or safety margin that reduces the risk of fluctuations or uncertainties affecting the primary system or process.