Topic summary
24%1 analyzed article/video1,292 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Geological Engineering results contain 27 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Appeal to Emotion, and Overconfidence Bias, with Halo Effect as the most egregious example at 8.5% saturation with 441 hits. Analysis detected 2,884 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,168 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.1% and a BS Rank of 26% (12,348 of 16,562 topics). This Geological Engineering is better (less manipulative) than 74.60% of the peer group.
Geological Engineering
Topic details
Total words: 5,168
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

25% percentile
025507510025.4% percentile
2.1% BS Score1 analyzed articles5.2K 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 2.7%2.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 4.2%4.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.3%5.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.5%1.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.6%3.6%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 0.2%0.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 6.3%6.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.9%3.9%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.9%1.9%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 0.5%0.5%

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 2.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 9.1%Halo Effect: Topic 8.5%, sitewide 6.7%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 7.5%Optimism Bias: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.2%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.5%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.9%False Dilemma: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 1.5%Hindsight Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 1.4%Unattributed Quote: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 0.1%, sitewide 0.8%Actor-Observer Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 0.6%Burden of Proof: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 0.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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