Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video223 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Ask A Bookseller results contain 25 faulty reasoning types, including Representativeness Heuristic, Optimism Bias, and Framing Effect, with Halo Effect as the most egregious example at 29.6% saturation with 198 hits. Analysis detected 1,533 faulty-reasoning hits from 669 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 9.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠91% (1,510 of 16,562 topics). This Ask A Bookseller is worse (more manipulative) than 90.90% of the peer group.
Ask A Bookseller
Topic ranking list
PercentileTopicBS Score
⁠0%Uber1%
⁠0%Pittsburgh Pirates1%
⁠0%Opera1%
⁠0%Holocaust1%
⁠0%Privacy Policy1%
⁠91%Ask A Bookseller (selected)10%
⁠100%Radio Roundup / Week In Review60%
⁠100%E-Bikes / Rad Power Bikes60%
⁠100%E Bikes Rad Power Bikes60%
⁠100%The Last Word With Lawrence O'donnell69%
⁠100%The Last Word With Lawrence Odonnell69%
Topic details
Total words: 669
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

91% percentile
025507510090.9% percentile
9.2% BS Score1 analyzed articles669 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Representativeness Heuris…Sitewide 1.9%Topic 26.2%26.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 29.6%29.6%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 19.7%19.7%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 16.7%16.7%BandwagonSitewide 2.2%Topic 11.7%11.7%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 18.5%18.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 11.4%11.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 17.6%17.6%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 8.5%8.5%Primacy EffectSitewide 0.9%Topic 4.0%4.0%

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%Halo Effect: Topic 29.6%, sitewide 6.7%Framing Effect: Topic 18.5%, sitewide 26.9%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 26.2%, sitewide 1.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 19.7%, sitewide 6.0%Negativity Bias: Topic 11.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 18.2%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 17.6%, sitewide 11.1%Anchoring Bias: Topic 16.7%, sitewide 4.0%Bandwagon: Topic 11.7%, sitewide 2.2%Availability Heuristic: Topic 8.1%, sitewide 9.1%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 8.5%, sitewide 4.6%Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.6%, sitewide 8.1%In-Group Bias: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 6.9%Anecdotal: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 5.2%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 3.7%Primacy Effect: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 0.9%Recency Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 2.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.4%, sitewide 3.3%Actor-Observer Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 0.6%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 2.7%Composition/Division: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 0.2%Sunk Cost Effect: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 0.3%Hindsight Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 1.4%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.9%Halo EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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