Topic summary
0%1 analyzed article/video155 analyzed words
BS Summary: These University Of Missouri St Louis results contain 16 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Anchoring Bias, and Optimism Bias, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 34% saturation with 158 hits. Analysis detected 821 faulty-reasoning hits from 465 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 11% and a BS Rank of 95% (1,033 of 19,171 topics). This University Of Missouri St Louis is worse (more manipulative) than 94.60% of the peer group.
University Of Missouri St Louis
Topic details
Total words: 465
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

95% percentile
025507510094.6% percentile
11.0% BS Score1 analyzed articles465 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 1.3%1.3%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 20.4%20.4%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 18.7%18.7%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 15.7%15.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 6.2%6.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 20.6%20.6%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 34.0%34.0%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Topic 9.0%9.0%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Topic 9.0%9.0%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 10.8%10.8%

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 34.0%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 20.6%, sitewide 11.1%Anchoring Bias: Topic 20.4%, sitewide 4.0%Negativity Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 19.2%Optimism Bias: Topic 18.7%, sitewide 6.0%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 15.9%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 15.7%, sitewide 4.6%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 10.8%, sitewide 5.3%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 9.1%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 9.0%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Topic 9.0%, sitewide 2.7%Halo Effect: Topic 8.2%, sitewide 6.7%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 3.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 2.5%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 1.9%Primacy Effect: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 0.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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