Topic summary
⁠5%1 analyzed article/video519 analyzed words
BS Summary: These USA Basketball results contain 5 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect, Bandwagon, and In-Group Bias, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 4.1% saturation with 64 hits. Analysis detected 170 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,557 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠44% (13,657 of 24,357 topics). This USA Basketball is better (less manipulative) than 56.10% of the peer group.
USA Basketball
Topic details
Total words: 1,557
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

44% percentile
025507510043.9% percentile
2.2% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.6K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 1.4%1.4%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.5%1.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.3%2.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 4.1%4.1%BandwagonSitewide 2.2%Topic 1.7%1.7%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%Negativity Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 19.2%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 6.0%Bandwagon: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 2.2%Negativity BiasSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos