Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video987 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Polls And Polling results contain 34 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Ad Hominem, and Horn Effect, with Confirmation Bias as the most egregious example at 39.3% saturation with 1,276 hits. Analysis detected 8,690 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,243 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 7.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠89% (1,928 of 16,562 topics). This Polls And Polling is worse (more manipulative) than 88.40% of the peer group.
Polls And Polling
Topic details
Total words: 3,243
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

88% percentile
025507510088.4% percentile
7.9% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.2K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 39.4%39.4%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Topic 20.0%20.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 36.5%36.5%Horn EffectSitewide 1.0%Topic 18.2%18.2%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 16.1%16.1%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 12.5%12.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 7.5%7.5%Genetic FallacySitewide 1.4%Topic 9.8%9.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 16.3%16.3%Fundamental Attribution E…Sitewide 2.7%Topic 9.5%9.5%

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%Confirmation Bias: Topic 39.4%, sitewide 7.5%Negativity Bias: Topic 36.5%, sitewide 19.2%Framing Effect: Topic 16.1%, sitewide 26.9%Ad Hominem: Topic 20.0%, sitewide 2.2%Horn Effect: Topic 18.2%, sitewide 1.0%Hasty Generalization: Topic 16.3%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.5%, sitewide 15.9%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 12.5%, sitewide 3.7%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 11.1%Genetic Fallacy: Topic 9.8%, sitewide 1.4%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 9.5%, sitewide 2.7%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 9.1%Slippery Slope: Topic 8.0%, sitewide 1.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 7.5%, sitewide 3.1%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 7.1%, sitewide 4.6%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 6.4%, sitewide 6.0%Begging the Question: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 1.7%Anecdotal: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 5.2%Special Pleading: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 0.3%Straw Man: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 0.9%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.0%Personal Incredulity: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 0.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide rateTopic rate

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