Topic summary
⁠7%1 analyzed article/video1,010 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Energy Reporting results contain 24 faulty reasoning types, including Self-Serving Bias, Hasty Generalization, and Halo Effect, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 4.7% saturation with 189 hits. Analysis detected 1,336 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,040 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠5% (15,736 of 16,558 topics). This Energy Reporting is better (less manipulative) than 95.00% of the peer group.
Energy Reporting
Topic details
Total words: 4,040
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

5% percentile
02550751005.0% percentile
1.4% BS Score1 analyzed articles4K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.7%4.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.4%1.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.2%1.2%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.6%1.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.1%3.1%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.7%0.7%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.5%0.5%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 2.1%2.1%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.3%0.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 3.1%3.1%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 15.9%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.7%, sitewide 0.8%Bandwagon: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.2%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 1.7%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 0.5%False Dilemma: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.5%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 0.0%Straw Man: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 0.9%Red Herring: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 0.7%Middle Ground: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 0.1%Circular Reasoning: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 0.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos