Topic summary
49%27 analyzed articles/videos22,625 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Government Contracts results contain 52 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Biased Writer Voice, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 9.9% saturation with 10,066 hits. Analysis detected 70,597 faulty-reasoning hits from 101,801 analyzed words across 27 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.3% and a BS Rank of 13% (19,750 of 22,488 topics). This Government Contracts is better (less manipulative) than 87.80% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

12% percentile
025507510012.2% percentile
1.3% BS Score27 analyzed articles101.8K 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 6.0%6.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.8%4.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 9.9%9.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.8%2.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.6%2.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.6%0.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.9%0.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.9%2.9%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.8%3.8%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.7%0.7%

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 6.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 9.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.2%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.5%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 2.0%Bandwagon: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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