Topic summary
⁠8%1 analyzed article/video1,362 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Crime Rates results contain 36 faulty reasoning types, including Post Hoc (False Cause), Confirmation Bias, and Appeal to Authority, with Overconfidence Bias as the most egregious example at 5% saturation with 205 hits. Analysis detected 2,211 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,086 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠8% (14,918 of 16,194 topics). This Crime Rates is better (less manipulative) than 92.10% of the peer group.
Crime Rates
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 4,086
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

8% percentile
02550751007.9% percentile
1.5% BS Score1 analyzed articles4.1K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 2.3%2.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 0.6%0.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.1%3.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.0%2.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.1%0.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.3%2.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.8%0.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 4.0%4.0%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 0.3%0.3%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 1.0%1.0%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%Negativity Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 4.1%, sitewide 3.3%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.4%, sitewide 0.8%Bandwagon: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 2.0%Burden of Proof: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 0.4%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 1.7%Negativity BiasSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos