Topic summary
⁠67%5 analyzed articles/videos1,655 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Trials results contain 41 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Appeal to Emotion, and Biased Writer Voice, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 10.8% saturation with 1,033 hits. Analysis detected 7,508 faulty-reasoning hits from 9,530 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠34% (14,925 of 22,625 topics). This Trials is better (less manipulative) than 66.00% of the peer group.
Trials

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

34% percentile
025507510034.0% percentile
1.9% BS Score5 analyzed articles9.5K 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 8.1%8.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.4%2.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 10.8%10.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 7.9%7.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.7%2.7%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.5%0.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.7%1.7%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.3%0.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.0%2.0%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.9%0.9%

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 8.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 10.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 7.5%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 7.1%, sitewide 5.3%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 3.7%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 0.5%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.8%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 2.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 3.1%Recency Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.5%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos