Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video497 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Crowd Size results contain 25 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Self-Serving Bias, and Unattributed Quote, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 20% saturation with 398 hits. Analysis detected 2,659 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,988 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 5.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠79% (3,557 of 16,562 topics). This Crowd Size is worse (more manipulative) than 78.50% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 1,988
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

79% percentile
025507510078.5% percentile
5.4% BS Score1 analyzed articles2K 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 4.1%4.1%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 20.0%20.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 1.3%1.3%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 13.5%13.5%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Topic 10.3%10.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.0%3.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.9%1.9%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Topic 8.3%8.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.3%1.3%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 9.1%9.1%

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 4.1%, sitewide 26.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 20.0%, sitewide 5.3%Negativity Bias: Topic 19.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 15.9%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 13.5%, sitewide 3.7%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 11.1%Unattributed Quote: Topic 10.3%, sitewide 1.1%Optimism Bias: Topic 9.4%, sitewide 6.0%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 9.1%, sitewide 4.6%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 9.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 8.3%, sitewide 2.0%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.7%Anecdotal: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 5.2%Anchoring Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 4.0%Recency Bias: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 2.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 3.3%, sitewide 0.8%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.5%, sitewide 3.3%Ad Hominem: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 2.2%Actor-Observer Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 0.6%Composition/Division: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 0.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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