Topic summary
⁠81%1 analyzed article/video787 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Mlb Player Transactions results contain 38 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Hasty Generalization, and Optimism Bias, with Overconfidence Bias as the most egregious example at 17.7% saturation with 556 hits. Analysis detected 3,834 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,148 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠67% (7,962 of 23,576 topics). This Mlb Player Transactions is worse (more manipulative) than 66.20% of the peer group.
Mlb Player Transactions
Topic details
Total words: 3,148
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

66% percentile
025507510066.2% percentile
3.2% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.1K 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 3.8%3.8%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 17.7%17.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 17.3%17.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.1%4.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.4%2.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.4%1.4%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.5%0.5%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 9.1%9.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 10.7%10.7%

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 1.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 19.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 17.7%, sitewide 4.6%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 17.3%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 10.7%, sitewide 8.1%Optimism Bias: Topic 9.1%, sitewide 6.0%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 7.4%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 7.0%, sitewide 6.7%Anecdotal: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 5.2%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.0%Begging the Question: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 1.7%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 3.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 3.1%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 1.9%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%Circular Reasoning: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 0.1%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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