Explain what is wrong with the following inference

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Harry was tested to see whether he could tell cotton fabric from rayon fabric by touch alone. He got 18 instances right out of 25, and the p-value was 0.174.

Explain what is wrong with the following inference, and write a correct inference: "We proved that Harry cannot tell the difference between cotton and rayon fabrics by touch."

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