Topic summary
⁠17%3 analyzed articles/videos2,903 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Legal Services results contain 39 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Hasty Generalization, and Anecdotal, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 7.1% saturation with 819 hits. Analysis detected 5,367 faulty-reasoning hits from 11,612 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠8% (20,092 of 21,676 topics). This Legal Services is better (less manipulative) than 92.70% of the peer group.
Legal Services
Topic details
Total words: 11,612
Article count: 3
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

7% percentile
02550751007.3% percentile
1.2% BS Score3 analyzed articles11.6K 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 1.3%1.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 7.0%7.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.4%1.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 7.0%7.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 0.6%0.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.6%2.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.9%0.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.4%0.4%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.4%0.4%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.2%0.2%

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 1.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 7.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.3%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.5%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 2.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos