Topic summary
13%11 analyzed articles/videos3,010 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Marine Biology results contain 43 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Biased Writer Voice, and Optimism Bias, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 5.6% saturation with 1,803 hits. Analysis detected 19,950 faulty-reasoning hits from 32,474 analyzed words across 11 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 6% (14,836 of 15,753 topics). This Marine Biology is better (less manipulative) than 94.20% of the peer group.
Marine Biology
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Topic details

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

6% percentile
02550751005.8% percentile
1.4% BS Score11 analyzed articles32.5K 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 3.5%3.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.3%5.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.5%2.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.3%0.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.4%1.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.5%5.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.3%1.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.2%3.2%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.8%0.8%

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 3.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.9%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.5%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 0.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Indoctrination: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 0.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate