Topic summary
14%1 analyzed article/video553 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Word Puzzles results contain 23 faulty reasoning types, including Bandwagon, Framing Effect, and Loss Aversion, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 14.4% saturation with 318 hits. Analysis detected 1,150 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,212 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.3% and a BS Rank of 33% (11,178 of 16,562 topics). This Word Puzzles is better (less manipulative) than 67.50% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 2,212
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

33% percentile
025507510032.5% percentile
2.3% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.2K 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 4.2%4.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 0.8%0.8%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 14.4%14.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.3%2.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.1%1.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.4%1.4%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.3%0.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.1%2.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.1%1.1%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.7%1.7%

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 4.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 15.9%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 14.4%, sitewide 0.5%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 8.1%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 6.0%Bandwagon: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 2.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 4.6%Loss Aversion: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 2.5%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 4.0%Recency Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 2.7%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.9%Indoctrination: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 0.0%Slippery Slope: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 1.5%Unattributed Quote: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.1%Sunk Cost Effect: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 0.3%Primacy Effect: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 0.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 0.5%, sitewide 0.8%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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