Topic summary
57%9 analyzed articles/videos7,843 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Property Taxes results contain 50 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Negativity Bias, and Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 12.6% saturation with 4,151 hits. Analysis detected 22,846 faulty-reasoning hits from 33,037 analyzed words across 9 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 16% (20,740 of 24,564 topics). This Property Taxes is better (less manipulative) than 84.40% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

16% percentile
025507510015.6% percentile
1.4% BS Score9 analyzed articles33K 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 12.6%12.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 4.9%4.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.5%2.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 7.6%7.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.9%1.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.9%0.9%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.3%2.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.2%2.2%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.7%1.7%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.6%0.6%

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 12.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 3.7%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 0.5%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.4%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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