Topic summary
12%2 analyzed articles/videos1,581 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Pretrial Services results contain 31 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Appeal to Authority, and Optimism Bias, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 5.8% saturation with 321 hits. Analysis detected 3,329 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,508 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of 22% (12,668 of 16,085 topics). This Pretrial Services is better (less manipulative) than 78.80% of the peer group.
Pretrial Services
Topic details
Total words: 5,508
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

21% percentile
025507510021.2% percentile
1.9% BS Score2 analyzed articles5.5K 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 5.6%5.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 2.3%2.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.7%2.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.6%1.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.6%1.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.4%5.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 0.9%0.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.6%2.6%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 0.4%0.4%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 2.1%2.1%

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 5.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 4.1%, sitewide 3.3%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.5%False Dilemma: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 1.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate