Topic summary
30%11 analyzed articles/videos4,609 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Government Regulations results contain 45 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Biased Writer Voice, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 10.4% saturation with 2,801 hits. Analysis detected 20,572 faulty-reasoning hits from 26,828 analyzed words across 11 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of 14% (13,634 of 15,778 topics). This Government Regulations is better (less manipulative) than 86.40% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

14% percentile
025507510013.6% percentile
1.7% BS Score11 analyzed articles26.8K 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 8.5%8.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.9%4.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 10.4%10.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.7%2.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.2%0.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.2%1.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.8%2.8%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.9%0.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.4%1.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.9%3.9%

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 8.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 10.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 9.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 8.2%, sitewide 5.3%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Pessimism Bias: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 1.9%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.3%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.5%Slippery Slope: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 1.7%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 1.1%Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

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