Topic summary
82%7 analyzed articles/videos4,750 analyzed words
BS Summary: These College Sports results contain 43 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Authority, and Appeal to Emotion, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 8.9% saturation with 1,424 hits. Analysis detected 16,264 faulty-reasoning hits from 15,915 analyzed words across 7 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.4% and a BS Rank of 36% (10,217 of 15,772 topics). This College Sports is better (less manipulative) than 64.80% of the peer group.
College Sports
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Topic details

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

35% percentile
025507510035.2% percentile
2.4% BS Score7 analyzed articles15.9K 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 8.9%8.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 8.4%8.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 6.6%6.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.1%3.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 7.1%7.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 4.2%4.2%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.6%1.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 3.4%3.4%Out-Group Homogeneity BiasSitewide 3.1%Topic 0.4%0.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 5.1%5.1%

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 8.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 8.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 7.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.9%, sitewide 3.3%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 3.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.5%Status Quo Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 2.2%Bandwagon: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Begging the Question: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 1.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.2%, sitewide 0.8%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate