Topic summary
⁠48%4 analyzed articles/videos1,174 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Sales results contain 31 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Anchoring Bias, and Framing Effect, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 25.1% saturation with 2,716 hits. Analysis detected 7,932 faulty-reasoning hits from 10,810 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠35% (10,199 of 15,651 topics). This Sales is better (less manipulative) than 65.20% of the peer group.
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Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 10,810
Article count: 4
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

35% percentile
025507510034.8% percentile
2.4% 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%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 25.1%25.1%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 5.9%5.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 1.3%1.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 1.3%1.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 0.7%0.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.1%1.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.8%2.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.3%3.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.4%2.4%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.8%1.8%

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 5.9%, sitewide 26.9%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 25.1%, sitewide 0.5%Negativity Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 9.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 8.6%, sitewide 5.3%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 7.5%Anchoring Bias: Topic 7.5%, sitewide 4.0%Halo Effect: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.3%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.5%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.7%Begging the Question: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 1.5%Hindsight Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos