Topic summary
53%7 analyzed articles/videos2,404 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Transportation Infrastructure results contain 46 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Confirmation Bias, and Overconfidence Bias, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 7.3% saturation with 871 hits. Analysis detected 9,733 faulty-reasoning hits from 11,869 analyzed words across 7 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of 31% (16,885 of 24,371 topics). This Transportation Infrastructure is better (less manipulative) than 69.30% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

31% percentile
025507510030.7% percentile
1.8% BS Score7 analyzed articles11.9K 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 5.9%5.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 4.3%4.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.2%4.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.8%1.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.2%4.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.5%0.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.2%1.2%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.7%2.7%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.5%0.5%Out-Group Homogeneity BiasSitewide 3.1%Topic 0.1%0.1%

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 5.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 7.5%Optimism Bias: Topic 7.3%, sitewide 6.0%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 4.6%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 2.0%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.9%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.7%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 1.1%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.2%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 0.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate