Aspeaker says, "i knew a red-headed kid in third grade who was always getting into fights on the playground. and i know two red heads who are easily angered. i guess you can say that red heads are quick-tempered people." the speaker is guilty of using which kind of fallacy in reasoning?

Hasty generalization

Explanation:

Hasty generalization is known to be a type of fallacy in which an individual make conclusion as a result of inadequate facts or information without ascertaining if it is true or not. It is when a person relies on small samples instead of the whole samples in making judgment. It is also known as over generalization fallacy. Thus, it is a decision reached by an individual due to impatience and so on.

The researcher is guilty of of using hasty generalization in reasoning.

the earthquake in haiti was a magnitude of 7.0 according to the u.s geological survey yet the smaller earthquake in haiti killed more than 200,000 and left more than 1.2 million people homeless. the chile earthquake was a magnitude of 8.8 and 500 times more stronger but chile's earthquake only injured 712 people.