Topic summary
88%7 analyzed articles/videos9,333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Road Trips results contain 44 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect, Biased Writer Voice, and Framing Effect, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 9.8% saturation with 4,204 hits. Analysis detected 35,741 faulty-reasoning hits from 43,016 analyzed words across 7 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of 35% (16,099 of 24,547 topics). This Road Trips is better (less manipulative) than 65.60% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

34% percentile
025507510034.4% percentile
1.9% BS Score7 analyzed articles43K 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 5.6%5.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 2.4%2.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.0%3.0%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 9.8%9.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.6%3.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.7%1.7%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.0%1.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.4%3.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 9.1%9.1%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.3%0.3%

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 5.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 11.1%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 9.8%, sitewide 0.5%Halo Effect: Topic 9.2%, sitewide 6.7%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 9.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 9.1%, sitewide 5.3%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.0%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.0%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 1.1%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate