Topic summary
31% 1 analyzed article/video 1,179 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 0 25 50 75 100 28.8% percentile 2.2% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.5K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Topic SitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 3.6% 3.6% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 3.1% 3.1% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 3.5% 3.5% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 1.8% 1.8% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.9% 0.9% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 1.8% 1.8% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 3.8% 3.8% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 10.6% 10.6% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 2.8% 2.8% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 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 Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst