Topic summary
21%2 analyzed articles/videos1,318 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Statistics results contain 34 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Anecdotal, and Availability Heuristic, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 6.3% saturation with 333 hits. Analysis detected 3,652 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,272 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 2% and a BS Rank of 25% (12,490 of 16,562 topics). This Statistics is better (less manipulative) than 75.40% of the peer group.
Statistics
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 5,272
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

25% percentile
025507510024.6% percentile
2.0% BS Score2 analyzed articles5.3K 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 2.8%2.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 4.1%4.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.0%4.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.7%1.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.2%1.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.2%4.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 6.2%6.2%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.6%3.6%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 2.7%2.7%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Topic 0.5%0.5%

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 2.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 5.3%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.3%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 1.9%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.5%, sitewide 0.8%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 1.9%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 0.0%Slippery Slope: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 1.7%Indoctrination: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos