Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video371 analyzed words
BS Summary: These 15 Year Fixed Mortgage results contain 15 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Framing Effect, and Optimism Bias, with Anchoring Bias as the most egregious example at 48.3% saturation with 538 hits. Analysis detected 2,805 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,113 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 16.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠98% (386 of 16,562 topics). This 15 Year Fixed Mortgage is worse (more manipulative) than 97.70% of the peer group.
15 Year Fixed Mortgage
Topic details
Total words: 1,113
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

98% percentile
025507510097.7% percentile
16.8% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.1K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 48.3%48.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 37.6%37.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 41.9%41.9%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Topic 21.6%21.6%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 41.0%41.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.6%3.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 7.4%7.4%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 13.2%13.2%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Topic 11.1%11.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Topic 7.9%7.9%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Anchoring Bias: Topic 48.3%, sitewide 4.0%Appeal to Authority: Topic 41.9%, sitewide 11.1%Framing Effect: Topic 41.0%, sitewide 26.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 37.6%, sitewide 6.0%Recency Bias: Topic 21.6%, sitewide 2.7%Negativity Bias: Topic 7.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 15.9%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 13.2%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 11.1%, sitewide 3.3%Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.5%, sitewide 8.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 7.9%, sitewide 0.8%Begging the Question: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 1.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 2.5%Slippery Slope: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 1.5%Anchoring BiasSitewide rateTopic rate

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