Topic summary
⁠89%3 analyzed articles/videos2,753 analyzed words
BS Summary: These College Closures results contain 47 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect, Appeal to Authority, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 11.3% saturation with 1,581 hits. Analysis detected 16,673 faulty-reasoning hits from 13,974 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠41% (9,869 of 16,562 topics). This College Closures is better (less manipulative) than 59.60% of the peer group.
College Closures
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 13,974
Article count: 3
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

40% percentile
025507510040.4% percentile
2.5% BS Score3 analyzed articles14K 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 6.5%6.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 7.8%7.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 11.3%11.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.2%3.2%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.9%1.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.5%3.5%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Topic 5.8%5.8%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 1.8%1.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 8.5%8.5%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 1.7%1.7%

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 6.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 11.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.8%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 8.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 9.1%Halo Effect: Topic 8.7%, sitewide 6.7%Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.7%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 7.5%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 7.2%, sitewide 5.3%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 6.0%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 2.0%Anecdotal: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.9%, sitewide 3.3%Loss Aversion: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 2.5%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 3.1%Pessimism Bias: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 1.9%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.3%, sitewide 0.8%Indoctrination: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos