Topic summary
65% 46 analyzed articles/videos 40,515 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Higher Education results contain 53 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Hasty Generalization , and Appeal to Emotion , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 8.6% saturation with 13,599 hits . Analysis detected 140,128 faulty-reasoning hits from 157,218 analyzed words across 46 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of 13% (13,752 of 15,765 topics). This Higher Education is better (less manipulative) than 87.20% of the peer group. Higher Education
Topic details
Total words: 157,218
Article count: 46
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
13% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 12.8% percentile 1.7% BS Score46 analyzed articles157.2K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 7.0% 7.0% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 5.3% 5.3% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 8.7% 8.7% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 4.3% 4.3% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.7% 2.7% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 1.1% 1.1% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 2.3% 2.3% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Topic 1.0% 1.0% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 4.0% 4.0% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 2.6% 2.6% 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 7.0%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 8.7%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.8%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.5% Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 1.9% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 2.0% Bandwagon: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Indoctrination: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 0.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst