Topic summary
52%4 analyzed articles/videos149 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Coastal Management results contain 43 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Framing Effect, and Confirmation Bias, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 12.5% saturation with 711 hits. Analysis detected 5,836 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,687 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.4% and a BS Rank of 36% (10,595 of 16,562 topics). This Coastal Management is better (less manipulative) than 64.00% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

36% percentile
025507510036.0% percentile
2.4% BS Score4 analyzed articles5.7K 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 6.8%6.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.4%4.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.5%3.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 12.5%12.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.9%2.9%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.9%1.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.5%2.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 4.9%4.9%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 2.6%2.6%Out-Group Homogeneity BiasSitewide 3.1%Topic 0.8%0.8%

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 6.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 12.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 6.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 5.3%Halo Effect: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 5.2%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.5%, sitewide 3.3%Ad Hominem: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 2.2%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.8%, sitewide 0.8%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Straw Man: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 0.9%Recency Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 1.9%Bandwagon: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 2.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate