What error in reasoning is exemplified by the following statement?
My Volkswagen constantly needs repairs, and so does my roommate's Mazda. We can see, then, that all foreign cars are unreliable.
A) invalid analogy
B) hasty generalization
C) circular thinking
D) false cause
E) faulty deduction

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The statement makes a hasty generalization by concluding that all foreign cars are unreliable based on only two examples. This is a logical fallacy where a broad conclusion is drawn from a small or unrepresentative sample.

What Error in Reasoning Is Exemplified by the Following Statement