Topic summary
0%1 analyzed article/video385 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Admissions Irregularities results contain 29 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Biased Writer Voice, and Availability Heuristic, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 47.3% saturation with 546 hits. Analysis detected 3,488 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,155 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 10.4% and a BS Rank of 93% (1,200 of 16,562 topics). This Admissions Irregularities is worse (more manipulative) than 92.80% of the peer group.
Admissions Irregularities
Topic details
Total words: 1,155
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

93% percentile
025507510092.8% percentile
10.4% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.2K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 47.3%47.3%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 28.1%28.1%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 40.2%40.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 21.6%21.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 20.7%20.7%Hindsight BiasSitewide 1.4%Topic 10.9%10.9%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 14.2%14.2%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Topic 9.3%9.3%Red HerringSitewide 0.7%Topic 7.3%7.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 12.9%12.9%

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%Negativity Bias: Topic 47.3%, sitewide 19.2%Framing Effect: Topic 40.2%, sitewide 26.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 28.1%, sitewide 5.3%Availability Heuristic: Topic 21.6%, sitewide 9.1%Appeal to Authority: Topic 20.7%, sitewide 11.1%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 17.2%, sitewide 15.9%Anecdotal: Topic 14.2%, sitewide 5.2%Confirmation Bias: Topic 12.9%, sitewide 7.5%Hasty Generalization: Topic 12.8%, sitewide 8.1%Hindsight Bias: Topic 10.9%, sitewide 1.4%Unattributed Quote: Topic 9.3%, sitewide 1.1%Red Herring: Topic 7.3%, sitewide 0.7%Halo Effect: Topic 7.1%, sitewide 6.7%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 1.4%Anchoring Bias: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 4.9%, sitewide 3.3%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 4.6%Bandwagon: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 2.2%Horn Effect: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 1.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 3.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 3.1%Ad Hominem: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 2.2%Special Pleading: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 0.3%Straw Man: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 0.9%Negativity BiasSitewide rateTopic rate

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