Topic summary
47%3 analyzed articles/videos2,372 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Infrastructure Maintenance results contain 41 faulty reasoning types, including Anecdotal, Post Hoc (False Cause), and Confirmation Bias, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 7.5% saturation with 664 hits. Analysis detected 5,317 faulty-reasoning hits from 8,887 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of 17% (18,831 of 22,679 topics). This Infrastructure Maintenance is better (less manipulative) than 83.00% of the peer group.
Infrastructure Maintenance

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

17% percentile
025507510017.0% percentile
1.5% BS Score3 analyzed articles8.9K 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 1.9%1.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.1%2.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 7.5%7.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.6%2.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.5%0.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.0%3.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.8%0.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.1%3.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.1%3.1%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 0.9%0.9%

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 1.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 7.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 7.5%Anecdotal: Topic 7.1%, sitewide 5.2%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 6.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 5.9%, sitewide 3.3%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate