Identify the fallacy in the following statement: 'Ford cars are lemons. I have two and they have always given me trouble.'
AInappropriate appeal to authority
BWrong option
CNo argument is faulty
DHasty generalization ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Hasty generalization
Explanation
The reasoning commits hasty generalization.
A sweeping claim about all Ford cars is drawn from just two examples.
Two troublesome cars form far too small and unrepresentative a sample.
A reliable generalization needs a large and varied body of instances.
Leaping from a tiny sample to a universal verdict is the defining move of the fallacy.
Insufficient evidence for a broad conclusion marks the hasty generalization.
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