Topic summary
90%11 analyzed articles/videos8,284 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Urban Policy results contain 48 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Framing Effect, and Biased Writer Voice, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 13% saturation with 3,562 hits. Analysis detected 26,647 faulty-reasoning hits from 27,381 analyzed words across 11 articles, generating a BS Score of 2% and a BS Rank of 40% (14,898 of 24,545 topics). This Urban Policy is better (less manipulative) than 60.70% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

39% percentile
025507510039.3% percentile
2.0% BS Score11 analyzed articles27.4K 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 9.1%9.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 9.1%9.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.3%2.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.6%4.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.8%1.8%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.5%2.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 4.0%4.0%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 2.1%2.1%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.5%0.5%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 8.5%8.5%

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 9.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 9.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 13.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 9.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 8.5%, sitewide 5.3%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.2%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.5%Indoctrination: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 0.0%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 2.0%Bandwagon: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

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