Topic summary
16%1 analyzed article/video1,119 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Professional Baseball results contain 26 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias, Biased Writer Voice, and Appeal to Emotion, with Halo Effect as the most egregious example at 10.6% saturation with 356 hits. Analysis detected 1,690 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,357 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of 21% (13,096 of 16,562 topics). This Professional Baseball is better (less manipulative) than 79.10% of the peer group.
Professional Baseball
Topic details
Total words: 3,357
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

21% percentile
025507510020.9% percentile
1.9% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.4K 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 0.4%0.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 0.2%0.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.2%4.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 0.3%0.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 0.8%0.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 0.5%0.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.0%3.0%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.8%2.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 10.6%10.6%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.5%1.5%

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%Framing Effect: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 11.1%Halo Effect: Topic 10.6%, sitewide 6.7%Availability Heuristic: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.6%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.5%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.9%Sunk Cost Effect: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 0.3%False Dilemma: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 1.5%Hindsight Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.4%Unattributed Quote: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.1%Primacy Effect: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 0.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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