Keyword summary
36%13 analyzed articles/videos11,353 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Public Transportation results contain 48 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Negativity Bias, and Anecdotal, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 7.1% saturation with 3,379 hits. Analysis detected 29,053 faulty-reasoning hits from 47,501 analyzed words across 13 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.3% and a BS Rank of 4% (35,576 of 36,916 keywords). This Public Transportation is better (less manipulative) than 96.40% of the peer group.
Public Transportation

Ranking context

Position among analyzed keywords

4% percentile
02550751003.6% percentile
1.3% BS Score13 analyzed articles47.5K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

KeywordSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Keyword 7.1%7.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Keyword 4.3%4.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Keyword 4.8%4.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Keyword 2.7%2.7%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Keyword 0.6%0.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Keyword 2.9%2.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Keyword 1.6%1.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Keyword 2.7%2.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Keyword 1.5%1.5%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Keyword 1.9%1.9%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%Framing Effect: Keyword 7.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Keyword 4.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Keyword 4.8%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Keyword 2.7%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Keyword 2.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Keyword 2.7%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Keyword 1.6%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Keyword 0.6%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Keyword 1.5%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Keyword 3.3%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Keyword 1.9%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Keyword 3.5%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Keyword 1.5%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Keyword 1.5%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Keyword 2.1%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Keyword 1.8%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Keyword 0.3%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Keyword 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Keyword 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Keyword 2.4%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Keyword 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Keyword 1.6%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Keyword 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Keyword 0.3%, sitewide 2.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateKeyword rate

Analyzed articles and videos

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