Topic summary
⁠55%1 analyzed article/video974 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Online Sales Practices results contain 26 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Appeal to Emotion, and Biased Writer Voice, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 13.6% saturation with 529 hits. Analysis detected 2,836 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,896 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠58% (9,509 of 22,425 topics). This Online Sales Practices is worse (more manipulative) than 57.60% of the peer group.
Online Sales Practices
Topic details
Total words: 3,896
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

58% percentile
025507510057.6% percentile
2.8% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.9K 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 5.1%5.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.9%5.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.3%1.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 0.3%0.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.5%0.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.9%0.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 13.6%13.6%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.7%0.7%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.4%0.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Topic 3.4%3.4%

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 5.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 13.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 9.4%, sitewide 8.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 5.2%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 4.8%, sitewide 3.3%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 4.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 3.4%, sitewide 0.8%Pessimism Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 1.9%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.5%Horn Effect: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 1.0%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.0%Slippery Slope: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 1.7%Begging the Question: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 1.5%Unattributed Quote: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.1%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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