Topic summary
51%3 analyzed articles/videos1,044 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Sales Tax results contain 35 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Hasty Generalization, and Optimism Bias, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 12% saturation with 1,030 hits. Analysis detected 7,531 faulty-reasoning hits from 8,568 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.5% and a BS Rank of 39% (9,458 of 15,448 topics). This Sales Tax is better (less manipulative) than 61.20% of the peer group.
Sales Tax
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Topic details
Total words: 8,568
Article count: 3
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

39% percentile
025507510038.8% percentile
2.5% BS Score3 analyzed articles8.6K 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 12.0%12.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 6.0%6.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 10.6%10.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.9%1.9%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.6%0.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.0%1.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.6%5.6%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.5%0.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.8%2.8%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%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 12.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 10.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 8.4%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 6.5%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.1%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 2.5%Slippery Slope: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 1.7%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 1.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.8%, sitewide 0.8%Begging the Question: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate