Topic summary
24%14 analyzed articles/videos13,851 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Water Resources results contain 50 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Pessimism Bias, and Hasty Generalization, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 4.7% saturation with 3,132 hits. Analysis detected 22,996 faulty-reasoning hits from 66,647 analyzed words across 14 articles, generating a BS Score of 0.7% and a BS Rank of 1% (23,561 of 23,766 topics). This Water Resources is better (less manipulative) than 99.10% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

1% percentile
02550751000.9% percentile
0.7% BS Score14 analyzed articles66.6K 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 3.6%3.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 4.7%4.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 1.5%1.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.6%1.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.3%1.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.4%0.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.1%1.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.7%1.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.7%0.7%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.8%0.8%

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 3.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.0%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 1.9%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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