Topic summary
⁠94%1 analyzed article/video643 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Yield Improvement results contain 22 faulty reasoning types, including Ambiguity (Equivocation), Appeal to Authority, and Post Hoc (False Cause), with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 38.4% saturation with 741 hits. Analysis detected 2,576 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,929 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 6.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠83% (2,936 of 16,562 topics). This Yield Improvement is worse (more manipulative) than 82.30% of the peer group.
Yield Improvement
Topic details
Total words: 1,929
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

82% percentile
025507510082.3% percentile
6.1% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.9K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 38.4%38.4%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 3.9%3.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Topic 16.7%16.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.3%1.3%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Topic 10.6%10.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.5%2.5%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.2%1.2%Appeal to NatureSitewide 0.2%Topic 3.7%3.7%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 1.4%1.4%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 2.8%2.8%

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%Optimism Bias: Topic 38.4%, sitewide 6.0%Framing Effect: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 26.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 16.7%, sitewide 0.8%Appeal to Authority: Topic 10.7%, sitewide 11.1%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 10.6%, sitewide 3.3%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 7.0%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 5.2%Recency Bias: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 2.7%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 4.0%Appeal to Nature: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 0.2%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 1.9%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 0.5%Slippery Slope: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 1.7%Unattributed Quote: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 1.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 0.0%Optimism BiasSitewide rateTopic rate

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