Topic summary
5%3 analyzed articles/videos1,235 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Mathematics results contain 31 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Biased Writer Voice, and Availability Heuristic, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 7% saturation with 873 hits. Analysis detected 3,581 faulty-reasoning hits from 12,471 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 0.9% and a BS Rank of 1% (16,462 of 16,562 topics). This Mathematics is better (less manipulative) than 99.40% of the peer group.
Mathematics
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 12,471
Article count: 3
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

1% percentile
02550751000.6% percentile
0.9% BS Score3 analyzed articles12.5K 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 1.5%1.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 1.0%1.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 1.1%1.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.0%3.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.6%1.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 0.6%0.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.1%1.1%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.0%1.0%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.5%0.5%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%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 1.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 7.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.5%, sitewide 0.8%Hindsight Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.4%Unattributed Quote: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.1%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate