Topic summary
11%6 analyzed articles/videos3,365 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Legionnaires Disease results contain 34 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias, Appeal to Authority, and Framing Effect, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 6.3% saturation with 719 hits. Analysis detected 6,059 faulty-reasoning hits from 11,356 analyzed words across 6 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.6% and a BS Rank of 10% (14,392 of 15,923 topics). This Legionnaires Disease is better (less manipulative) than 90.40% of the peer group.
Legionnaires Disease
Topic details

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

10% percentile
02550751009.6% percentile
1.6% BS Score6 analyzed articles11.4K 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 3.7%3.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 6.3%6.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.1%3.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.1%4.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.3%0.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.9%2.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.6%0.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.5%2.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.9%1.9%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 0.7%0.7%

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 3.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.6%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 2.7%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 1.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate