Topic summary
0%4 analyzed articles/videos1,655 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Trials results contain 40 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Framing Effect, and Biased Writer Voice, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 11.1% saturation with 841 hits. Analysis detected 6,544 faulty-reasoning hits from 7,588 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.2% and a BS Rank of 28% (11,153 of 15,447 topics). This Trials is better (less manipulative) than 72.20% of the peer group.
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

28% percentile
025507510027.8% percentile
2.2% BS Score4 analyzed articles7.6K 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 9.0%9.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 11.1%11.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.0%3.0%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.7%0.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 9.9%9.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.1%3.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.7%1.7%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.3%0.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.3%2.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.8%3.8%

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 9.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 11.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 9.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 6.6%, sitewide 5.3%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.6%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 0.5%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 2.7%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.5%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 3.1%Recency Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.5%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Indoctrination: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate