Topic summary
0% 1 analyzed article/video 1,335 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Decision-Making results contain 28 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Confirmation Bias , and Anecdotal , with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 30.2% saturation with 1,211 hits . Analysis detected 5,913 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,005 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 5.3% and a BS Rank of 78% (3,669 of 16,463 topics). This Decision-Making is worse (more manipulative) than 77.70% of the peer group. Decision-Making
Topic details
Total words: 4,005
Article count: 1
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
78% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 77.7% percentile 5.3% BS Score1 analyzed articles4K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 30.2% 30.2% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 2.8% 2.8% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 6.4% 6.4% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 14.9% 14.9% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.1% 0.1% Loss Aversion Sitewide 2.5% Topic 8.3% 8.3% Status Quo Bias Sitewide 2.2% Topic 7.3% 7.3% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 2.3% 2.3% False Dilemma Sitewide 1.5% Topic 5.7% 5.7% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 11.3% 11.3% 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% Appeal to Authority: Topic 30.2%, sitewide 11.1% Framing Effect: Topic 14.9%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 6.4%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 15.9% Confirmation Bias: Topic 11.3%, sitewide 7.5% Availability Heuristic: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 9.1% Anecdotal: Topic 8.8%, sitewide 5.2% Optimism Bias: Topic 8.6%, sitewide 6.0% Loss Aversion: Topic 8.3%, sitewide 2.5% Hasty Generalization: Topic 7.2%, sitewide 8.1% Status Quo Bias: Topic 7.3%, sitewide 2.2% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 6.7% False Dilemma: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 1.5% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 3.7% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 4.0% Pessimism Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 1.9% Hindsight Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 1.4% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7% Bandwagon: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Straw Man: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 0.9% Actor-Observer Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 0.6% Appeal to Authority Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst