Topic summary
⁠81%1 analyzed article/video748 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Animal Ecology results contain 28 faulty reasoning types, including Overconfidence Bias, Negativity Bias, and Composition/Division, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 20.1% saturation with 451 hits. Analysis detected 2,838 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,244 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 4.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠72% (4,442 of 15,769 topics). This Animal Ecology is worse (more manipulative) than 71.80% of the peer group.
Animal Ecology
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Topic details
Total words: 2,244
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

72% percentile
025507510071.8% percentile
4.5% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.2K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 7.8%7.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.0%3.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 20.1%20.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 9.6%9.6%Composition/DivisionSitewide 0.2%Topic 9.3%9.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Topic 9.1%9.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.9%1.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.5%0.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.4%1.4%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 9.8%9.8%

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: Topic 7.8%, sitewide 26.9%Hasty Generalization: Topic 20.1%, sitewide 8.1%Negativity Bias: Topic 9.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 7.9%, sitewide 11.1%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 9.8%, sitewide 4.6%Composition/Division: Topic 9.3%, sitewide 0.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 9.1%, sitewide 0.8%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 9.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 7.6%, sitewide 2.7%Confirmation Bias: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 6.2%, sitewide 3.3%Optimism Bias: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 6.0%Unattributed Quote: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 1.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 5.2%Anchoring Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 4.0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 3.1%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 1.9%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 0.5%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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