Topic summary
98% 1 analyzed article/video 291 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Personnel Decisions results contain 21 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Post Hoc (False Cause) , and Hasty Generalization , with Unattributed Quote as the most egregious example at 30.4% saturation with 265 hits . Analysis detected 1,324 faulty-reasoning hits from 873 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 7.2% and a BS Rank of 87% (2,263 of 16,562 topics). This Personnel Decisions is worse (more manipulative) than 86.30% of the peer group. Personnel Decisions
Topic details
Total words: 873
Article count: 1
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
86% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 86.3% percentile 7.2% BS Score1 analyzed articles873 analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Topic 30.4% 30.4% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 6.9% 6.9% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 29.2% 29.2% Post Hoc (False Cause) Sitewide 3.3% Topic 12.5% 12.5% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 3.4% 3.4% Recency Bias Sitewide 2.7% Topic 8.9% 8.9% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 1.7% 1.7% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Topic 11.1% 11.1% Ad Hominem Sitewide 2.2% Topic 6.2% 6.2% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 11.7% 11.7% 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% Unattributed Quote: Topic 30.4%, sitewide 1.1% Negativity Bias: Topic 29.2%, sitewide 19.2% Framing Effect: Topic 6.9%, sitewide 26.9% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 12.5%, sitewide 3.3% Hasty Generalization: Topic 11.7%, sitewide 8.1% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 11.1%, sitewide 5.3% Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 11.1% Recency Bias: Topic 8.9%, sitewide 2.7% Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 7.5% Ad Hominem: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 2.2% Bandwagon: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 2.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 4.6% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 3.7% Actor-Observer Bias: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 0.6% Red Herring: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 0.7% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 3.1% Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 1.9% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 2.7% Genetic Fallacy: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 1.4% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.7%, sitewide 0.8% Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 0.0% Unattributed Quote Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst