Topic summary
0%5 analyzed articles/videos6,127 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Civic Education results contain 50 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Indoctrination, and Negativity Bias, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 7.3% saturation with 1,798 hits. Analysis detected 21,273 faulty-reasoning hits from 24,508 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of 15% (14,128 of 16,562 topics). This Civic Education is better (less manipulative) than 85.30% of the peer group.
Civic Education
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Topic details

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

15% percentile
025507510014.7% percentile
1.7% BS Score5 analyzed articles24.5K 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 5.2%5.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.9%2.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.4%1.4%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 6.6%6.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.6%4.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.1%2.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.9%3.9%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.6%0.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 3.5%3.5%

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 3.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 7.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 7.5%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 7.1%, sitewide 5.3%In-Group Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 6.7%Indoctrination: Topic 6.6%, sitewide 0.0%Optimism Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.7%False Dilemma: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 1.5%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.7%, sitewide 3.3%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 1.4%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.1%Straw Man: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 0.9%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate