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. faulty deduction
B. invalid analogy
C. false cause
D. hasty generalization
E. circular thinking
Answer: D
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