Topic summary
⁠21%1 analyzed article/video1,389 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Eighth Circuit Court Of Appeals results contain 31 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Negativity Bias, and Post Hoc (False Cause), with Confirmation Bias as the most egregious example at 6.2% saturation with 347 hits. Analysis detected 3,057 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,556 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠16% (13,925 of 16,562 topics). This Eighth Circuit Court Of Appeals is better (less manipulative) than 84.10% of the peer group.
Eighth Circuit Court Of Appeals
Topic details
Total words: 5,556
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

16% percentile
025507510015.9% percentile
1.8% BS Score1 analyzed articles5.6K 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 3.8%3.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 4.9%4.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 1.7%1.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.1%2.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.1%0.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.7%0.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.3%5.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.3%0.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.9%2.9%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 0.7%0.7%

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 3.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 4.6%, sitewide 3.3%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 4.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Straw Man: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 0.9%False Dilemma: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 1.5%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 1.7%Begging the Question: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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