Topic summary
52% 1 analyzed article/video 352 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Student Aid results contain 20 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias , Framing Effect , and Biased Writer Voice , with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 28% saturation with 296 hits . Analysis detected 1,333 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,056 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 6.3% and a BS Rank of 84% (2,788 of 16,562 topics). This Student Aid is worse (more manipulative) than 83.20% of the peer group. Student Aid
Topic details
Total words: 1,056
Article count: 1
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
83% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 83.2% percentile 6.3% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.1K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 10.4% 10.4% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 28.0% 28.0% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 17.4% 17.4% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 1.9% 1.9% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Topic 8.7% 8.7% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.8% 2.8% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 1.9% 1.9% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Topic 4.9% 4.9% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 2.6% 2.6% Begging the Question Sitewide 1.7% Topic 5.7% 5.7% 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% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 28.0%, sitewide 15.9% Framing Effect: Topic 10.4%, sitewide 26.9% Optimism Bias: Topic 17.4%, sitewide 6.0% Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 9.1% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 8.7%, sitewide 5.3% Indoctrination: Topic 8.7%, sitewide 0.0% Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 8.1% Halo Effect: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 6.7% Begging the Question: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 1.7% Bandwagon: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 2.2% False Dilemma: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 1.5% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 4.9%, sitewide 3.3% Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 0.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 3.7% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 4.6% Composition/Division: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 0.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 1.9% Appeal to Nature: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 0.2% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.9%, sitewide 0.8% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst