Topic summary
⁠1%4 analyzed articles/videos1,370 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Road Construction results contain 14 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias, Anchoring Bias, and Biased Writer Voice, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 1.7% saturation with 94 hits. Analysis detected 474 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,480 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 0.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠1% (21,696 of 21,796 topics). This Road Construction is better (less manipulative) than 99.50% of the peer group.
Road Construction
Topic details
Total words: 5,480
Article count: 4
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

1% percentile
02550751000.5% percentile
0.6% BS Score4 analyzed articles5.5K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 0.2%0.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 0.6%0.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.7%0.7%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.2%1.2%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 0.8%0.8%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 1.1%1.1%Loss AversionSitewide 2.5%Topic 0.1%0.1%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Topic 0.5%0.5%Representativeness Heuris…Sitewide 1.9%Topic 0.6%0.6%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 1.7%1.7%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%Appeal to Authority: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 11.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 5.3%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 4.0%Recency Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.5%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.9%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 0.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 0.0%, sitewide 0.8%Red Herring: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 0.7%Sunk Cost Effect: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 0.3%Indoctrination: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 0.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos