Topic summary
7%7 analyzed articles/videos1,952 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Boating Accidents results contain 38 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Anecdotal, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 6.1% saturation with 842 hits. Analysis detected 7,364 faulty-reasoning hits from 13,777 analyzed words across 7 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 6% (15,635 of 16,562 topics). This Boating Accidents is better (less manipulative) than 94.40% of the peer group.
Boating Accidents

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

6% percentile
02550751005.6% percentile
1.4% BS Score7 analyzed articles13.8K 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 1.7%1.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 6.1%6.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.5%3.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.4%2.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.6%4.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.0%1.0%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.5%0.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.3%1.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.5%2.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.2%3.2%

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 1.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 6.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.7%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.5%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.7%Begging the Question: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate