Topic summary
97%3 analyzed articles/videos8,307 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Home & Garden results contain 43 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Bandwagon, and Biased Writer Voice, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 59.5% saturation with 17,749 hits. Analysis detected 45,978 faulty-reasoning hits from 29,814 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.6% and a BS Rank of 71% (6,544 of 22,420 topics). This Home & Garden is worse (more manipulative) than 70.80% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

71% percentile
025507510070.8% percentile
3.6% BS Score3 analyzed articles29.8K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 59.5%59.5%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 2.6%2.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 0.3%0.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.0%2.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 0.4%0.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 9.0%9.0%BandwagonSitewide 2.2%Topic 8.9%8.9%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.5%0.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 4.2%4.2%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 8.7%8.7%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 59.5%, sitewide 0.5%Framing Effect: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 9.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 7.9%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 9.1%Bandwagon: Topic 8.9%, sitewide 2.2%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 8.7%, sitewide 5.3%Optimism Bias: Topic 8.4%, sitewide 6.0%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 7.4%, sitewide 6.7%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 7.0%, sitewide 4.6%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.9%Anecdotal: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 5.2%Anchoring Bias: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 4.0%Loss Aversion: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 2.5%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Indoctrination: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 0.0%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Attempt to Sell a Product or ServiceSitewide rateTopic rate