Topic summary
⁠33%1 analyzed article/video943 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Traditional Practices results contain 24 faulty reasoning types, including In-Group Bias, Optimism Bias, and Biased Writer Voice, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 13% saturation with 367 hits. Analysis detected 1,712 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,829 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠40% (9,967 of 16,562 topics). This Traditional Practices is better (less manipulative) than 60.20% of the peer group.
Traditional Practices
Topic details
Total words: 2,829
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

40% percentile
025507510039.8% percentile
2.5% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.8K 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 2.1%2.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 0.3%0.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.3%2.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.2%2.2%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.1%3.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.1%3.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.6%2.6%Appeal to NatureSitewide 0.2%Topic 3.2%3.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 13.0%13.0%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 2.9%2.9%

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 2.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 13.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 7.3%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 5.2%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.3%Appeal to Nature: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 0.2%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.5%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 0.0%Burden of Proof: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 0.4%Composition/Division: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 0.2%Circular Reasoning: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 0.1%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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