Topic summary
⁠39%2 analyzed articles/videos1,082 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Buying Guides results contain 34 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect, Hasty Generalization, and Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 12.7% saturation with 1,067 hits. Analysis detected 5,042 faulty-reasoning hits from 8,422 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠16% (14,004 of 16,562 topics). This Buying Guides is better (less manipulative) than 84.60% of the peer group.
Buying Guides
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 8,422
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

15% percentile
025507510015.4% percentile
1.8% BS Score2 analyzed articles8.4K 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 0.9%0.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 2.4%2.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 0.6%0.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.4%1.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.4%1.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 12.7%12.7%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.7%0.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.7%1.7%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 5.8%5.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 10.1%10.1%

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 0.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 12.7%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 11.1%Halo Effect: Topic 10.1%, sitewide 6.7%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.7%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 6.0%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 0.5%Anecdotal: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.9%False Dilemma: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.5%Hindsight Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 1.4%Unattributed Quote: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 1.1%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos