Topic summary
⁠44%1 analyzed article/video795 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Medical Policy results contain 29 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Appeal to Authority, and Optimism Bias, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 6.1% saturation with 194 hits. Analysis detected 1,730 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,180 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠34% (16,194 of 24,545 topics). This Medical Policy is better (less manipulative) than 66.00% of the peer group.
Medical Policy
Topic details
Total words: 3,180
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

34% percentile
025507510034.0% percentile
1.9% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.2K 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 3.5%3.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 6.1%6.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.1%5.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.9%1.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.7%4.7%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.0%2.0%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.4%0.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.5%3.5%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 2.1%2.1%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 2.2%2.2%

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 3.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 6.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 7.5%Optimism Bias: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.0%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 2.7%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Slippery Slope: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 1.7%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 1.9%False Dilemma: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 1.5%Actor-Observer Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 0.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.2%, sitewide 0.8%Special Pleading: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 0.3%Middle Ground: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 0.1%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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