Topic summary
87%1 analyzed article/video2,168 analyzed words
BS Summary: These School District Controversies results contain 33 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Confirmation Bias, and Hasty Generalization, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 18.2% saturation with 1,186 hits. Analysis detected 5,785 faulty-reasoning hits from 6,504 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.7% and a BS Rank of 45% (9,261 of 16,562 topics). This School District Controversies is better (less manipulative) than 55.90% of the peer group.
School District Controversies
Topic details
Total words: 6,504
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

44% percentile
025507510044.1% percentile
2.7% BS Score1 analyzed articles6.5K 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 5.7%5.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.5%3.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.1%2.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 9.0%9.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.2%1.2%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.5%1.5%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 1.0%1.0%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 1.9%1.9%Loss AversionSitewide 2.5%Topic 0.2%0.2%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 6.2%6.2%

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 5.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 18.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 9.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 7.8%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 5.2%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.9%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.5%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.9%, sitewide 0.8%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 1.7%Begging the Question: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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