Topic summary
⁠16%3 analyzed articles/videos1,340 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Colleges And Universities results contain 35 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Biased Writer Voice, and Appeal to Authority, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 10.5% saturation with 640 hits. Analysis detected 4,688 faulty-reasoning hits from 6,106 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠30% (11,061 of 15,772 topics). This Colleges And Universities is better (less manipulative) than 70.10% of the peer group.
Colleges And Universities
Topic details
Total words: 6,106
Article count: 3
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

30% percentile
025507510029.9% percentile
2.2% BS Score3 analyzed articles6.1K 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 8.5%8.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.7%4.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 10.5%10.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.1%0.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.7%0.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.2%5.2%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.8%0.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.1%3.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.2%4.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.0%3.0%

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 8.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 10.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.1%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%Hindsight Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 1.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.0%, sitewide 0.8%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 1.9%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos