Topic summary
⁠69%1 analyzed article/video1,397 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Sales Tax Measures results contain 27 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias, Anecdotal, and Post Hoc (False Cause), with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 12.9% saturation with 542 hits. Analysis detected 3,892 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,191 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠59% (6,812 of 16,562 topics). This Sales Tax Measures is worse (more manipulative) than 58.90% of the peer group.
Sales Tax Measures
Topic details
Total words: 4,191
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

59% percentile
025507510058.9% percentile
3.4% BS Score1 analyzed articles4.2K 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 4.7%4.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 4.5%4.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.3%4.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.6%1.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.5%4.5%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 10.1%10.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.8%2.8%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Topic 4.6%4.6%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 8.9%8.9%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 4.6%4.6%

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 4.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 12.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 11.1%Optimism Bias: Topic 10.1%, sitewide 6.0%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 9.1%Anecdotal: Topic 8.9%, sitewide 5.2%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 6.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 6.4%, sitewide 3.3%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 4.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 4.6%, sitewide 0.8%Anchoring Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 3.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.5%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%False Dilemma: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 1.5%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 1.7%Hindsight Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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