Topic summary
⁠16%1 analyzed article/video1,223 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Firearm Sales Trends results contain 23 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Framing Effect, and Negativity Bias, with Post Hoc (False Cause) as the most egregious example at 4.4% saturation with 214 hits. Analysis detected 1,524 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,892 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠13% (19,552 of 22,453 topics). This Firearm Sales Trends is better (less manipulative) than 87.10% of the peer group.
Firearm Sales Trends
Topic details
Total words: 4,892
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

13% percentile
025507510012.9% percentile
1.4% BS Score1 analyzed articles4.9K 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 3.0%3.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 2.7%2.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.4%3.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.0%2.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.7%1.7%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.5%1.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.3%1.3%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 0.7%0.7%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.9%0.9%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 2.6%2.6%

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 3.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 7.5%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 4.4%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.5%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Begging the Question: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.5%Primacy Effect: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 0.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 0.2%, sitewide 0.8%Indoctrination: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 0.0%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 0.0%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 0.5%Composition/Division: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 0.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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