Topic summary
⁠95%1 analyzed article/video1,131 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Higher Education Admissions results contain 36 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Negativity Bias, and Appeal to Authority, with Confirmation Bias as the most egregious example at 31.4% saturation with 1,064 hits. Analysis detected 5,236 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,393 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 4.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠71% (4,914 of 16,562 topics). This Higher Education Admissions is worse (more manipulative) than 70.30% of the peer group.
Higher Education Admissions
Topic details
Total words: 3,393
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

70% percentile
025507510070.3% percentile
4.3% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.4K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 31.4%31.4%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 3.6%3.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 1.2%1.2%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 17.0%17.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.8%2.8%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 6.2%6.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.7%0.7%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Topic 6.5%6.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 14.1%14.1%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.5%1.5%

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%Confirmation Bias: Topic 31.4%, sitewide 7.5%Framing Effect: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 14.1%, sitewide 19.2%Hasty Generalization: Topic 17.0%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 9.8%, sitewide 11.1%Anecdotal: Topic 9.3%, sitewide 5.2%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 9.1%Halo Effect: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.7%Unattributed Quote: Topic 6.5%, sitewide 1.1%Indoctrination: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 0.0%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 6.0%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 1.4%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 4.6%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 3.1%Anchoring Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 4.0%Begging the Question: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 1.7%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.2%, sitewide 3.3%False Dilemma: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 1.5%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 2.7%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos