Topic summary
64% 6 analyzed articles/videos 6,501 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Crime Statistics results contain 51 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias , Hasty Generalization , and Appeal to Authority , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 13.2% saturation with 3,435 hits . Analysis detected 25,790 faulty-reasoning hits from 26,004 analyzed words across 6 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of 21% (12,408 of 15,689 topics). This Crime Statistics is better (less manipulative) than 79.10% of the peer group. Crime Statistics
Topic details
Total words: 26,004
Article count: 6
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
21% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 20.9% percentile 1.9% BS Score6 analyzed articles26K analyzed words
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 5.2% 5.2% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 4.1% 4.1% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.8% 2.8% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.7% 0.7% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 13.2% 13.2% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 0.8% 0.8% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 6.0% 6.0% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 1.5% 1.5% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Topic 5.6% 5.6% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Topic 1.4% 1.4% 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 5.2%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 13.2%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 6.4%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 5.3% Unattributed Quote: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 1.1% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 5.4%, sitewide 3.3% Anecdotal: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 3.7% Ad Hominem: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 2.2% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst