Topic summary
42%19 analyzed articles/videos15,456 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Government Contracts results contain 52 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Biased Writer Voice, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 12.8% saturation with 8,043 hits. Analysis detected 59,746 faulty-reasoning hits from 62,914 analyzed words across 19 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of 18% (13,644 of 16,562 topics). This Government Contracts is better (less manipulative) than 82.40% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

18% percentile
025507510017.6% percentile
1.8% BS Score19 analyzed articles62.9K 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 7.8%7.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 6.3%6.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.2%4.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 12.8%12.8%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.7%0.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.3%1.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.7%3.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.6%3.6%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 1.2%1.2%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 5.0%5.0%

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 7.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 12.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 7.5%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 7.0%, sitewide 5.3%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 3.7%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 2.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.0%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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