Topic summary
⁠7%4 analyzed articles/videos1,484 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Mosquito Control results contain 39 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Post Hoc (False Cause), and Hasty Generalization, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 5.9% saturation with 790 hits. Analysis detected 5,948 faulty-reasoning hits from 13,499 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠2% (15,697 of 15,967 topics). This Mosquito Control is better (less manipulative) than 98.30% of the peer group.
Mosquito Control
Topic details

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

2% percentile
02550751001.7% percentile
1.1% BS Score4 analyzed articles13.5K 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 1.9%1.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 3.7%3.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.1%2.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.0%2.0%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.2%0.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.0%1.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.2%2.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.8%5.8%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.4%0.4%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.3%1.3%

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 1.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.4%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos