Topic summary
66%9 analyzed articles/videos7,757 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Data Security results contain 50 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Appeal to Emotion, and Confirmation Bias, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 12.7% saturation with 3,634 hits. Analysis detected 25,673 faulty-reasoning hits from 28,533 analyzed words across 9 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of 30% (15,558 of 21,970 topics). This Data Security is better (less manipulative) than 70.80% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

29% percentile
025507510029.2% percentile
1.8% BS Score9 analyzed articles28.5K 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 4.3%4.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 6.8%6.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 12.7%12.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.4%0.4%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.7%0.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.6%5.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.2%4.2%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Topic 4.7%4.7%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 2.5%2.5%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 2.2%2.2%

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 4.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 12.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 7.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 5.2%Burden of Proof: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 0.4%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.1%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate