Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video1,146 analyzed words
BS Summary: These College Football Playoff First Round results contain 30 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Halo Effect, and Recency Bias, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 28.4% saturation with 975 hits. Analysis detected 6,185 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,438 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 6% and a BS Rank of ⁠82% (2,988 of 16,562 topics). This College Football Playoff First Round is worse (more manipulative) than 82.00% of the peer group.
College Football Playoff First Round
Topic details
Total words: 3,438
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

82% percentile
025507510082.0% percentile
6.0% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.4K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.0%5.0%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Topic 12.3%12.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.2%3.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 13.3%13.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.4%1.4%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 9.9%9.9%Hindsight BiasSitewide 1.4%Topic 6.6%6.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 12.1%12.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.0%3.0%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Topic 7.6%7.6%

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 28.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 17.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 15.9%Halo Effect: Topic 13.3%, sitewide 6.7%Recency Bias: Topic 12.3%, sitewide 2.7%In-Group Bias: Topic 12.1%, sitewide 6.9%Availability Heuristic: Topic 11.5%, sitewide 9.1%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 11.1%Anchoring Bias: Topic 9.9%, sitewide 4.0%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 8.1%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 7.6%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 7.6%, sitewide 3.3%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 7.5%Optimism Bias: Topic 7.4%, sitewide 6.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 2.7%Hindsight Bias: Topic 6.6%, sitewide 1.4%Anecdotal: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 5.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 2.2%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 3.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 3.1%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 1.9%Bandwagon: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.2%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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