Topic summary
80%2 analyzed articles/videos570 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Hydrology results contain 25 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Availability Heuristic, and Negativity Bias, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 20.3% saturation with 685 hits. Analysis detected 3,328 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,372 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.9% and a BS Rank of 67% (5,581 of 16,564 topics). This Hydrology is worse (more manipulative) than 66.30% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 3,372
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

66% percentile
025507510066.3% percentile
3.9% BS Score2 analyzed articles3.4K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 8.1%8.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 6.7%6.7%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 20.3%20.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.9%1.9%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.8%0.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.2%2.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.8%1.8%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.3%1.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 15.6%15.6%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 6.5%6.5%

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 20.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 8.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.7%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 15.6%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 9.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 6.7%Anchoring Bias: Topic 6.5%, sitewide 4.0%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 5.2%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.8%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 0.5%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 1.9%Blind-Spot Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 0.2%Hindsight Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 1.4%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.4%Unattributed Quote: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 1.1%Sunk Cost Effect: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 0.3%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate