Topic summary
55%4 analyzed articles/videos1,687 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Public Behavior results contain 44 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Negativity Bias, and Fundamental Attribution Error, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 9.9% saturation with 1,073 hits. Analysis detected 10,698 faulty-reasoning hits from 10,832 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.2% and a BS Rank of 32% (10,606 of 15,403 topics). This Public Behavior is better (less manipulative) than 68.90% of the peer group.
Public Behavior
Topic details
Total words: 10,832
Article count: 4
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

31% percentile
025507510031.1% percentile
2.2% BS Score4 analyzed articles10.8K 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 4.6%4.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.7%2.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 7.5%7.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.7%2.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.0%2.0%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.1%1.1%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.5%0.5%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 9.7%9.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.5%2.5%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.6%0.6%

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 4.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 7.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 9.9%, sitewide 8.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 9.7%, sitewide 5.3%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 5.2%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 2.7%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 4.0%Horn Effect: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 1.0%Slippery Slope: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 1.5%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 3.7%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 1.4%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.8%, sitewide 3.3%Straw Man: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 0.9%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 3.1%Recency Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate