Topic summary
⁠73%4 analyzed articles/videos1,025 analyzed words
BS Summary: These How To Guides results contain 29 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Halo Effect, and Optimism Bias, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 22.3% saturation with 1,804 hits. Analysis detected 6,723 faulty-reasoning hits from 8,096 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠48% (8,618 of 16,562 topics). This How To Guides is better (less manipulative) than 52.00% of the peer group.
How To Guides
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 8,096
Article count: 4
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

48% percentile
025507510048.0% percentile
2.9% BS Score4 analyzed articles8.1K 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 4.4%4.4%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 22.3%22.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 1.5%1.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.3%3.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.6%1.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.7%3.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.0%1.0%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.6%0.6%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 10.6%10.6%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.3%0.3%

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 4.4%, sitewide 26.9%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 22.3%, sitewide 0.5%Negativity Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 11.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 10.6%, sitewide 5.3%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 6.6%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 4.0%Indoctrination: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 0.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 3.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 1.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos