Topic summary
⁠29%1 analyzed article/video974 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Civil Engineering Industry results contain 27 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Framing Effect, and Confirmation Bias, with Self-Serving Bias as the most egregious example at 8.4% saturation with 329 hits. Analysis detected 1,961 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,896 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠33% (15,699 of 23,290 topics). This Civil Engineering Industry is better (less manipulative) than 67.40% of the peer group.
Civil Engineering Industry
Topic details
Total words: 3,896
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

33% percentile
025507510032.6% percentile
1.9% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.9K 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 4.9%4.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 0.8%0.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 8.0%8.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.8%1.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.0%2.0%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 8.4%8.4%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.4%1.4%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.8%0.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.5%3.5%Fundamental Attribution E…Sitewide 2.7%Topic 0.7%0.7%

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 4.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 8.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 15.9%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 9.1%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 8.4%, sitewide 3.7%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 7.5%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 5.2%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.3%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.9%Burden of Proof: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 0.4%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 0.0%False Dilemma: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.4%, sitewide 0.8%Hindsight Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.4%Unattributed Quote: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.1%Primacy Effect: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 0.9%Blind-Spot Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 0.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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