Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video927 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Traffic Congestion results contain 26 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Self-Serving Bias, and Hasty Generalization, with Anecdotal as the most egregious example at 9.8% saturation with 365 hits. Analysis detected 2,608 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,708 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠45% (9,234 of 16,562 topics). This Traffic Congestion is better (less manipulative) than 55.80% of the peer group.
Traffic Congestion
Topic details
Total words: 3,708
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

44% percentile
025507510044.2% percentile
2.7% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.7K 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 1.1%1.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.6%3.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.0%1.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 9.4%9.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.7%2.7%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 9.4%9.4%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.0%1.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.9%2.9%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 9.8%9.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 4.2%4.2%

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 1.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 9.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 11.1%Anecdotal: Topic 9.8%, sitewide 5.2%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 9.4%, sitewide 3.7%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 7.5%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.0%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 4.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 2.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 3.3%, sitewide 0.8%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.9%, sitewide 3.3%Status Quo Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 2.2%Recency Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.5%Begging the Question: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 1.7%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.9%False Dilemma: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 1.5%Circular Reasoning: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 0.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 0.0%Blind-Spot Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 0.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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