Topic summary
7%2 analyzed articles/videos933 analyzed words
BS Summary: These New Schools results contain 15 faulty reasoning types, including Self-Serving Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Halo Effect, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 7.1% saturation with 266 hits. Analysis detected 939 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,732 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of 26% (17,203 of 23,096 topics). This New Schools is better (less manipulative) than 74.50% of the peer group.
New Schools
Topic details
Total words: 3,732
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

26% percentile
025507510025.5% percentile
1.7% BS Score2 analyzed articles3.7K 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 0.6%0.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.8%2.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.6%1.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.3%1.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.8%1.8%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 0.9%0.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.6%2.6%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Topic 0.7%0.7%Representativeness Heuris…Sitewide 1.9%Topic 0.5%0.5%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 7.1%7.1%

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 0.6%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 8.1%Optimism Bias: Topic 7.1%, sitewide 6.0%Halo Effect: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 5.3%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 3.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.9%Unattributed Quote: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 0.1%, sitewide 0.8%Red Herring: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 0.7%Sunk Cost Effect: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 0.3%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate