Topic summary
0%1 analyzed article/video1,335 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.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

78% percentile
025507510077.7% percentile
5.3% BS Score1 analyzed articles4K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 30.2%30.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.8%2.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 6.4%6.4%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 14.9%14.9%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.1%0.1%Loss AversionSitewide 2.5%Topic 8.3%8.3%Status Quo BiasSitewide 2.2%Topic 7.3%7.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.3%2.3%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Topic 5.7%5.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 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 AuthoritySitewide rateTopic rate