Topic summary
83%9 analyzed articles/videos4,463 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Smart Home results contain 44 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect, Biased Writer Voice, and Anecdotal, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 26% saturation with 4,887 hits. Analysis detected 26,559 faulty-reasoning hits from 18,813 analyzed words across 9 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.2% and a BS Rank of 55% (7,484 of 16,562 topics). This Smart Home is worse (more manipulative) than 54.80% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

55% percentile
025507510054.8% percentile
3.2% BS Score9 analyzed articles18.8K 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 26.0%26.0%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 6.8%6.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 4.2%4.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.5%4.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.8%1.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.2%4.2%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 10.2%10.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.2%3.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 11.0%11.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 7.0%7.0%

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 6.8%, sitewide 26.9%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 26.0%, sitewide 0.5%Negativity Bias: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 7.0%, sitewide 11.1%Halo Effect: Topic 11.0%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 10.2%, sitewide 5.3%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 7.6%, sitewide 8.1%Anecdotal: Topic 7.9%, sitewide 5.2%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 6.6%, sitewide 6.0%Anchoring Bias: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 4.0%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 4.6%Loss Aversion: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 2.5%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 3.7%Indoctrination: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 0.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.6%, sitewide 3.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 3.2%, sitewide 0.8%Recency Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 2.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 2.2%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate