Topic summary
52%3 analyzed articles/videos1,478 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Rate Hikes results contain 31 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Biased Writer Voice, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 9.8% saturation with 582 hits. Analysis detected 3,814 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,912 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.1% and a BS Rank of 41% (14,108 of 23,582 topics). This Rate Hikes is better (less manipulative) than 59.80% of the peer group.
Rate Hikes

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

40% percentile
025507510040.2% percentile
2.1% BS Score3 analyzed articles5.9K 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 9.6%9.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.3%4.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 9.8%9.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.0%2.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 0.9%0.9%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.6%1.6%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.6%1.6%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.3%0.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 4.1%4.1%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 1.0%1.0%

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 9.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 9.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 7.5%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.3%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 2.7%Slippery Slope: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 1.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.5%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Burden of Proof: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 0.4%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.5%Unattributed Quote: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 1.1%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate