Topic summary
⁠91%1 analyzed article/video306 analyzed words
BS Summary: These College Presidents results contain 10 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Biased Writer Voice, and Overconfidence Bias, with Halo Effect as the most egregious example at 56.9% saturation with 522 hits. Analysis detected 1,087 faulty-reasoning hits from 918 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 11.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠95% (918 of 16,562 topics). This College Presidents is worse (more manipulative) than 94.50% of the peer group.
College Presidents
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Topic details
Total words: 918
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

95% percentile
025507510094.5% percentile
11.8% BS Score1 analyzed articles918 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 56.9%56.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 29.1%29.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.3%1.3%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 10.3%10.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 4.3%4.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 6.1%6.1%Status Quo BiasSitewide 2.2%Topic 4.0%4.0%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 6.2%6.2%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Topic 0.1%0.1%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Topic 0.1%0.1%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Halo Effect: Topic 56.9%, sitewide 6.7%Appeal to Authority: Topic 29.1%, sitewide 11.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 10.3%, sitewide 5.3%Availability Heuristic: Topic 6.1%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 7.5%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 4.6%Status Quo Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 2.2%Unattributed Quote: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 1.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 0.0%Halo EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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