Topic summary
36%3 analyzed articles/videos1,591 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Business-And-Finance results contain 37 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Hasty Generalization, and Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 9.9% saturation with 837 hits. Analysis detected 6,602 faulty-reasoning hits from 8,497 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.1% and a BS Rank of 27% (12,201 of 16,562 topics). This Business-And-Finance is better (less manipulative) than 73.70% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

26% percentile
025507510026.3% percentile
2.1% BS Score3 analyzed articles8.5K 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 3.3%3.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 4.8%4.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.3%3.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.0%3.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.1%1.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.5%3.5%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 5.0%5.0%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 9.8%9.8%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.5%0.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 3.4%3.4%

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 3.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 11.1%Optimism Bias: Topic 9.8%, sitewide 6.0%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 5.3%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 0.5%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 4.8%, sitewide 3.3%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.7%False Dilemma: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 1.5%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 3.1%Indoctrination: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 0.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate