Topic summary
0%1 analyzed article/video742 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Smartphone Ban results contain 29 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Post Hoc (False Cause), and Anecdotal, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 20.9% saturation with 466 hits. Analysis detected 4,727 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,226 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 7.3% and a BS Rank of 87% (2,219 of 16,562 topics). This Smartphone Ban is worse (more manipulative) than 86.60% of the peer group.
Smartphone Ban
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Topic details
Total words: 2,226
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

87% percentile
025507510086.6% percentile
7.3% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.2K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Topic 18.4%18.4%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 12.7%12.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 20.4%20.4%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 17.9%17.9%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 13.2%13.2%Status Quo BiasSitewide 2.2%Topic 10.6%10.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 14.2%14.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.6%1.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.0%2.0%Fundamental Attribution E…Sitewide 2.7%Topic 7.5%7.5%

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 12.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 20.9%, sitewide 19.2%Confirmation Bias: Topic 20.4%, sitewide 7.5%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 18.4%, sitewide 3.3%Anecdotal: Topic 17.9%, sitewide 5.2%Hasty Generalization: Topic 14.2%, sitewide 8.1%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 13.2%, sitewide 3.7%Availability Heuristic: Topic 12.1%, sitewide 9.1%Appeal to Authority: Topic 11.9%, sitewide 11.1%Status Quo Bias: Topic 10.6%, sitewide 2.2%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 7.5%, sitewide 2.7%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 6.7%Recency Bias: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 2.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 6.0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 3.1%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 4.6%Loss Aversion: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 2.5%Anchoring Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 4.0%False Dilemma: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 1.5%Actor-Observer Bias: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 0.6%Appeal to Nature: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 0.2%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.9%Hindsight Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 1.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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