Topic summary
49%2 analyzed articles/videos562 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Religious Practices results contain 34 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Framing Effect, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 22.3% saturation with 962 hits. Analysis detected 4,979 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,309 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.4% and a BS Rank of 58% (6,953 of 16,562 topics). This Religious Practices is worse (more manipulative) than 58.00% of the peer group.
Religious Practices
Topic details
Total words: 4,309
Article count: 2
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

58% percentile
025507510058.0% percentile
3.4% BS Score2 analyzed articles4.3K 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 13.4%13.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 18.2%18.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.5%3.5%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.4%0.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.4%1.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 11.1%11.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.4%4.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.7%3.7%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 3.0%3.0%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%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 13.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 22.3%, sitewide 19.2%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 18.2%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 11.1%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 7.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 5.2%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 3.1%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.5%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 2.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 0.0%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate