Topic summary
⁠68%1 analyzed article/video668 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Psychological Distress results contain 25 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Optimism Bias, and Hasty Generalization, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 8.9% saturation with 237 hits. Analysis detected 1,887 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,672 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠60% (9,859 of 24,545 topics). This Psychological Distress is worse (more manipulative) than 59.80% of the peer group.
Psychological Distress
Topic details
Total words: 2,672
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

60% percentile
025507510059.8% percentile
2.8% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.7K 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 2.7%2.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 1.2%1.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 8.8%8.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.4%3.4%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 4.9%4.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.7%2.7%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.3%0.3%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 2.6%2.6%Composition/DivisionSitewide 0.2%Topic 2.4%2.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 8.9%8.9%

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 2.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 8.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 8.9%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 7.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 7.5%Optimism Bias: Topic 7.3%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 5.3%Indoctrination: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 0.0%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.6%Loss Aversion: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 2.5%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 2.7%Composition/Division: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 0.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.1%, sitewide 0.8%Slippery Slope: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 1.7%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 1.7%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 0.5%False Dilemma: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 1.5%Blind-Spot Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 0.2%Unattributed Quote: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 1.1%Primacy Effect: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 0.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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