Topic summary
⁠17%3 analyzed articles/videos297 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Medical Diagnosis results contain 31 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Anecdotal, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 8% saturation with 473 hits. Analysis detected 3,888 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,885 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠28% (12,002 of 16,562 topics). This Medical Diagnosis is better (less manipulative) than 72.50% of the peer group.
Medical Diagnosis
Topic details
Total words: 5,885
Article count: 3
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

28% percentile
025507510027.5% percentile
2.1% BS Score3 analyzed articles5.9K 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 8.0%8.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 1.1%1.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.3%4.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.3%3.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.0%3.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.7%2.7%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.7%1.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 3.3%3.3%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 1.3%1.3%Fundamental Attribution E…Sitewide 2.7%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 8.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.1%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.7%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 0.5%Recency Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.7%Hindsight Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 1.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.4%, sitewide 0.8%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.9%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.9%False Dilemma: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 1.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos