Topic summary
15% 3 analyzed articles/videos 1,026 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Student Support results contain 21 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Appeal to Emotion , and Halo Effect , with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 7.6% saturation with 613 hits . Analysis detected 1,721 faulty-reasoning hits from 8,045 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 1% and a BS Rank of 4% (20,813 of 21,675 topics). This Student Support is better (less manipulative) than 96.00% of the peer group. Student Support
Topic details
Total words: 8,045
Article count: 3
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
4% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 4.0% percentile 1.0% BS Score3 analyzed articles8K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 2.0% 2.0% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 0.8% 0.8% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 2.0% 2.0% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 0.4% 0.4% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 0.5% 0.5% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 0.6% 0.6% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 1.6% 1.6% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Topic 0.5% 0.5% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Topic 0.3% 0.3% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Topic 0.1% 0.1% 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 2.0%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 8.1% Optimism Bias: Topic 7.6%, sitewide 6.0% Halo Effect: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 6.7% Anecdotal: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.3% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.5% Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 1.9% Slippery Slope: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 1.7% False Dilemma: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 1.5% Hindsight Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 1.4% Unattributed Quote: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.1% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 0.5% Indoctrination: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 0.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst