Topic summary
76% 6 analyzed articles/videos 2,058 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Mortgage Rates results contain 40 faulty reasoning types, including Anchoring Bias , Appeal to Authority , and Optimism Bias , with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 15% saturation with 1,723 hits . Analysis detected 12,828 faulty-reasoning hits from 11,462 analyzed words across 6 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.8% and a BS Rank of 46% (8,468 of 15,579 topics). This Mortgage Rates is better (less manipulative) than 54.40% of the peer group. Mortgage Rates
Topic details
Total words: 11,462
Article count: 6
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
46% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 45.6% percentile 2.8% BS Score6 analyzed articles11.5K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 3.4% 3.4% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 15.0% 15.0% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 7.8% 7.8% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Topic 11.9% 11.9% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 0.3% 0.3% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.9% 0.9% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 2.2% 2.2% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 3.9% 3.9% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Topic 0.5% 0.5% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Topic 3.4% 3.4% 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 15.0%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 7.8%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 15.9% Anchoring Bias: Topic 11.9%, sitewide 4.0% Appeal to Authority: Topic 10.2%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 9.1% Optimism Bias: Topic 8.2%, sitewide 6.0% Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 6.4%, sitewide 3.3% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 4.6% Recency Bias: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 2.7% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 3.7%, sitewide 0.8% Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 0.0% Pessimism Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 1.9% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst