Topic summary
45%1 analyzed article/video409 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Seat Belt Usage results contain 21 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Appeal to Authority, and Negativity Bias, with Indoctrination as the most egregious example at 20.6% saturation with 337 hits. Analysis detected 1,263 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,636 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.7% and a BS Rank of 74% (6,589 of 24,545 topics). This Seat Belt Usage is worse (more manipulative) than 73.20% of the peer group.
Seat Belt Usage
Topic details
Total words: 1,636
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

73% percentile
025507510073.2% percentile
3.7% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.6K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 20.6%20.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 5.0%5.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.2%1.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.4%2.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 9.4%9.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.0%5.0%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.0%1.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.9%0.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 4.2%4.2%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 3.0%3.0%

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%Indoctrination: Topic 20.6%, sitewide 0.0%Negativity Bias: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 9.4%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.9%, sitewide 3.3%Bandwagon: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 2.2%Recency Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Begging the Question: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 1.7%Burden of Proof: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 0.4%False Dilemma: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 1.5%Circular Reasoning: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 0.1%IndoctrinationSitewide rateTopic rate

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