Topic summary
⁠0%5 analyzed articles/videos2,118 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Transportation Infrastructure results contain 46 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Framing Effect, and Overconfidence Bias, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 7.4% saturation with 802 hits. Analysis detected 8,432 faulty-reasoning hits from 10,835 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠13% (13,395 of 15,323 topics). This Transportation Infrastructure is better (less manipulative) than 87.40% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

13% percentile
025507510012.6% percentile
1.7% BS Score5 analyzed articles10.8K 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 5.2%5.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 4.4%4.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.9%3.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.6%1.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.4%4.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.6%1.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.3%0.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.3%1.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.5%0.5%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 2.0%2.0%

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 5.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 7.5%Optimism Bias: Topic 7.4%, sitewide 6.0%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 4.0%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 2.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.1%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.7%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 1.1%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos