Topic summary
74%5 analyzed articles/videos3,962 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Business Impact results contain 41 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Appeal to Emotion, and Negativity Bias, with Anecdotal as the most egregious example at 10% saturation with 1,341 hits. Analysis detected 13,426 faulty-reasoning hits from 13,352 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.5% and a BS Rank of 38% (9,698 of 15,447 topics). This Business Impact is better (less manipulative) than 62.80% of the peer group.
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Topic details

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

37% percentile
025507510037.2% percentile
2.5% BS Score5 analyzed articles13.4K 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 8.4%8.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 7.1%7.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 7.7%7.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.2%0.2%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.9%0.9%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 10.0%10.0%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.3%1.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 6.7%6.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 5.8%5.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 5.4%5.4%

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 8.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 7.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.7%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 6.7%, sitewide 11.1%Anecdotal: Topic 10.0%, sitewide 5.2%Availability Heuristic: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.0%Anchoring Bias: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 4.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.2%, sitewide 3.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 3.3%, sitewide 0.8%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 1.9%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.2%Slippery Slope: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 1.7%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate