Topic summary
⁠0%2 analyzed articles/videos805 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Tax Refunds results contain 26 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Appeal to Authority, and Overconfidence Bias, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 75.9% saturation with 1,525 hits. Analysis detected 10,061 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,010 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 19.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠99% (260 of 16,562 topics). This Tax Refunds is worse (more manipulative) than 98.40% of the peer group.
Tax Refunds
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Topic details
Total words: 2,010
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

98% percentile
025507510098.4% percentile
19.3% BS Score2 analyzed articles2K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–100%
0.0%20%40%60%80%100%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 75.9%75.9%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 74.4%74.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 52.1%52.1%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 42.3%42.3%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 36.3%36.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 39.8%39.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 30.9%30.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 36.8%36.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 23.8%23.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 5.6%5.6%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%80%80%100%100%Optimism Bias: Topic 75.9%, sitewide 6.0%Framing Effect: Topic 74.4%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 52.1%, sitewide 11.1%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 42.3%, sitewide 4.6%Hasty Generalization: Topic 39.8%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 36.8%, sitewide 15.9%Anchoring Bias: Topic 36.3%, sitewide 4.0%Confirmation Bias: Topic 30.9%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 23.8%, sitewide 6.7%Negativity Bias: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 19.2%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 12.4%, sitewide 3.3%In-Group Bias: Topic 10.7%, sitewide 6.9%Hindsight Bias: Topic 8.9%, sitewide 1.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 7.6%, sitewide 0.8%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 7.4%, sitewide 3.7%Red Herring: Topic 7.3%, sitewide 0.7%Begging the Question: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 1.7%Anecdotal: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 5.2%Composition/Division: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 0.2%Recency Bias: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 2.7%Blind-Spot Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 0.2%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.7%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.2%Special Pleading: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 0.3%Optimism BiasSitewide rateTopic rate

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