Topic summary
90%6 analyzed articles/videos4,711 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Home Security results contain 41 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect, Biased Writer Voice, and Anecdotal, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 24.6% saturation with 4,540 hits. Analysis detected 18,865 faulty-reasoning hits from 18,438 analyzed words across 6 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.5% and a BS Rank of 51% (11,113 of 22,421 topics). This Home Security is worse (more manipulative) than 50.40% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

50% percentile
025507510050.4% percentile
2.5% BS Score6 analyzed articles18.4K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 24.6%24.6%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 4.3%4.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 3.1%3.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.6%2.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.8%3.8%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.2%0.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.2%4.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.7%2.7%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 4.4%4.4%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 1.7%1.7%

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 4.3%, sitewide 26.9%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 24.6%, sitewide 0.5%Negativity Bias: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 8.1%Halo Effect: Topic 7.7%, sitewide 6.7%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 6.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 6.5%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 5.2%Optimism Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 6.0%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 3.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 2.5%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.4%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.6%, sitewide 0.8%Indoctrination: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 0.0%Bandwagon: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate