Topic summary
⁠4%4 analyzed articles/videos742 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Pedestrian Safety results contain 31 faulty reasoning types, including Ambiguity (Equivocation), Appeal to Authority, and Framing Effect, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 5.2% saturation with 284 hits. Analysis detected 2,439 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,422 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠7% (14,409 of 15,359 topics). This Pedestrian Safety is better (less manipulative) than 93.80% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

6% percentile
02550751006.2% percentile
1.5% BS Score4 analyzed articles5.4K 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 4.2%4.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 1.7%1.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 5.2%5.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.1%2.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.2%1.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.3%4.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.1%0.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.3%1.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.1%0.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.9%1.9%

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 4.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 5.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 4.8%, sitewide 0.8%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.8%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.5%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.2%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 1.1%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos