Topic summary
⁠94%2 analyzed articles/videos789 analyzed words
BS Summary: These University Funding results contain 42 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Biased Writer Voice, and Appeal to Emotion, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 25.4% saturation with 1,158 hits. Analysis detected 6,641 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,554 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠59% (6,450 of 15,690 topics). This University Funding is worse (more manipulative) than 58.90% of the peer group.
University Funding
Topic details

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

59% percentile
025507510058.9% percentile
3.5% BS Score2 analyzed articles4.6K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 8.6%8.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.7%0.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 11.1%11.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 6.3%6.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.8%2.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 4.5%4.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 4.0%4.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 5.8%5.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 22.5%22.5%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 2.2%2.2%

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 25.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 22.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 8.6%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 11.1%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 6.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 3.7%Anecdotal: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.6%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 3.1%Begging the Question: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 1.7%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 2.0%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.5%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 1.9%Red Herring: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 0.7%Bandwagon: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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