Sometimes called “converse accident,” the hasty generalization is a common fallacy for inductive reasoners to misstep into. It is very common for technologists as well, who look at data and are frequently pressed to give answers before having enough time to collect relevant samples. Hasty generalization means making an unjustified conclusion based on very limited data, an anomaly, one special example, or biased evidence. You can recognize this fallacy because it always proceeds from the particular to the general. Examples:
