Topic summary
85%1 analyzed article/video388 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Municipal Contracts results contain 15 faulty reasoning types, including Overconfidence Bias, Hasty Generalization, and Biased Writer Voice, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 16.2% saturation with 189 hits. Analysis detected 1,108 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,164 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 6.3% and a BS Rank of 83% (2,681 of 15,448 topics). This Municipal Contracts is worse (more manipulative) than 82.70% of the peer group.
Municipal Contracts
Topic details
Total words: 1,164
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

83% percentile
025507510082.7% percentile
6.3% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.2K 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 3.1%3.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.6%5.6%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 14.3%14.3%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Topic 5.7%5.7%Representativeness Heuris…Sitewide 1.9%Topic 5.7%5.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 5.7%5.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 16.2%16.2%Fundamental Attribution E…Sitewide 2.7%Topic 5.2%5.2%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 7.2%7.2%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Topic 5.2%5.2%

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 3.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 16.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 15.9%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 14.3%, sitewide 4.6%Availability Heuristic: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 7.7%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 7.5%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 7.2%, sitewide 5.3%False Dilemma: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 1.5%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 1.9%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 2.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 5.2%, sitewide 3.3%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 3.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.1%, sitewide 0.8%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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