Speaker summary
⁠53%4 analyzed articles/videos218 analyzed words
BS Summary: These National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) results contain 11 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Availability Heuristic, and Confirmation Bias, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 59.9% saturation with 160 hits. Analysis detected 531 faulty-reasoning hits from 218 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 18.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠29% (20,282 of 28,364 speakers). This National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is better (less manipulative) than 71.50% of the peer group.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

29% percentile
025507510028.5% percentile
18.1% BS Score4 analyzed videos218 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 59.9%59.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 16.5%16.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 22.1%22.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 23.6%23.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 6.7%6.7%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 13.1%13.1%Primacy EffectSitewide 0.9%Speaker 9.4%9.4%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 9.7%9.7%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 6.7%6.7%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 24.0%24.0%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 59.9%, sitewide 11.1%Framing Effect: Speaker 24.0%, sitewide 26.9%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 23.6%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 22.1%, sitewide 7.5%Negativity Bias: Speaker 6.7%, sitewide 19.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 16.5%, sitewide 0.8%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 13.1%, sitewide 1.1%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 9.7%, sitewide 1.9%Primacy Effect: Speaker 9.4%, sitewide 0.9%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 7.1%, sitewide 8.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 6.7%, sitewide 0.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos