Topic summary
76%8 analyzed articles/videos3,210 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Consumer Spending results contain 41 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Framing Effect, and Self-Serving Bias, with Post Hoc (False Cause) as the most egregious example at 10.5% saturation with 1,745 hits. Analysis detected 16,289 faulty-reasoning hits from 16,641 analyzed words across 8 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.4% and a BS Rank of 36% (10,568 of 16,519 topics). This Consumer Spending 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 Score8 analyzed articles16.6K 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 7.9%7.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 3.5%3.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.3%4.3%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Topic 10.5%10.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.3%3.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.6%1.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.5%2.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 4.6%4.6%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 3.9%3.9%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 1.9%1.9%

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 7.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 8.4%, sitewide 11.1%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 10.5%, sitewide 3.3%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 6.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 3.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 4.0%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 0.5%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate