Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video1,233 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Handicapping Contest results contain 35 faulty reasoning types, including Overconfidence Bias, Hasty Generalization, and Recency Bias, with Confirmation Bias as the most egregious example at 32.9% saturation with 1,217 hits. Analysis detected 6,802 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,697 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 5.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠77% (3,574 of 15,447 topics). This Handicapping Contest is worse (more manipulative) than 76.90% of the peer group.
Handicapping Contest
Topic details
Total words: 3,697
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

77% percentile
025507510076.9% percentile
5.3% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.7K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 32.9%32.9%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 6.2%6.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.0%2.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 6.4%6.4%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 16.7%16.7%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Topic 14.3%14.3%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 12.0%12.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 15.3%15.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.3%0.3%Representativeness Heuris…Sitewide 1.9%Topic 7.6%7.6%

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%Confirmation Bias: Topic 32.9%, sitewide 7.5%Framing Effect: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 6.4%, sitewide 19.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 16.7%, sitewide 4.6%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 15.9%Hasty Generalization: Topic 15.3%, sitewide 8.1%Recency Bias: Topic 14.3%, sitewide 2.7%Anchoring Bias: Topic 12.0%, sitewide 4.0%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 9.2%, sitewide 9.1%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 8.1%, sitewide 3.7%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 7.6%, sitewide 1.9%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 6.7%Anecdotal: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 5.2%Optimism Bias: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 6.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 6.0%, sitewide 3.3%Loss Aversion: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 2.5%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 3.1%Horn Effect: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 1.0%Hindsight Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 1.4%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide rateTopic rate

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