Topic summary
47%1 analyzed article/video229 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Cost Of Incarceration results contain 20 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Framing Effect, and Loss Aversion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 20.9% saturation with 191 hits. Analysis detected 787 faulty-reasoning hits from 916 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 4.3% and a BS Rank of 78% (4,860 of 21,634 topics). This Cost Of Incarceration is worse (more manipulative) than 77.50% of the peer group.
Cost Of Incarceration
Topic details
Total words: 916
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

78% percentile
025507510077.5% percentile
4.3% BS Score1 analyzed articles916 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 8.9%8.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.8%3.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.1%2.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 9.4%9.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.9%1.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.1%2.1%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 5.2%5.2%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.8%1.8%Loss AversionSitewide 2.5%Topic 5.3%5.3%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 1.8%1.8%

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 8.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 20.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 9.4%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 7.5%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 6.0%Loss Aversion: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 2.5%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 5.3%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 0.5%Anchoring Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 4.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 2.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.5%, sitewide 3.3%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 1.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.8%, sitewide 0.8%Begging the Question: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 1.7%Indoctrination: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 0.0%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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