What Error in Reasoning Is Exemplified by the Following Statement

question 20

Multiple Choice

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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