Topic summary
31%1 analyzed article/video1,179 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Student Competitions results contain 31 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Availability Heuristic, and Framing Effect, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 10.5% saturation with 373 hits. Analysis detected 2,371 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,537 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.2% and a BS Rank of 29% (11,794 of 16,562 topics). This Student Competitions is better (less manipulative) than 71.20% of the peer group.
Student Competitions
Topic details
Total words: 3,537
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

29% percentile
025507510028.8% percentile
2.2% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.5K 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 3.6%3.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 3.1%3.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.5%3.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.8%1.8%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.9%0.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.8%1.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.8%3.8%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 10.6%10.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.8%2.8%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.9%0.9%

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 3.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 11.1%Optimism Bias: Topic 10.6%, sitewide 6.0%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.3%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.5%False Dilemma: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 1.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.8%, sitewide 0.8%Slippery Slope: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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