Topic summary
12%7 analyzed articles/videos5,647 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Scholarships results contain 41 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Appeal to Authority, and Framing Effect, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 6% saturation with 1,427 hits. Analysis detected 14,047 faulty-reasoning hits from 23,649 analyzed words across 7 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 7% (15,423 of 16,494 topics). This Scholarships is better (less manipulative) than 93.50% of the peer group.
Scholarships

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

7% percentile
02550751006.5% percentile
1.4% BS Score7 analyzed articles23.6K 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 4.3%4.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 1.5%1.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.5%4.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.8%1.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.3%4.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 0.8%0.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.9%2.9%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.8%1.8%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.4%0.4%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 1.2%1.2%

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 4.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.8%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Indoctrination: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 0.0%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate