Keyword summary
0%1 analyzed article/video127 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Higher-Education results contain 21 faulty reasoning types, including Pessimism Bias, Confirmation Bias, and Negativity Bias, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 25% saturation with 127 hits. Analysis detected 1,005 faulty-reasoning hits from 508 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 9.4% and a BS Rank of 96% (2,216 of 51,386 keywords). This Higher-Education is worse (more manipulative) than 95.70% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed keywords

96% percentile
025507510095.7% percentile
9.4% BS Score1 analyzed articles508 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

KeywordSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Keyword 25.0%25.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Keyword 25.0%25.0%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Keyword 14.4%14.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Keyword 19.5%19.5%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Keyword 16.7%16.7%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Keyword 10.2%10.2%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Keyword 8.9%8.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Keyword 7.7%7.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Keyword 3.0%3.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Keyword 3.0%3.0%

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: Keyword 14.4%, sitewide 26.9%Hasty Generalization: Keyword 25.0%, sitewide 8.1%Pessimism Bias: Keyword 25.0%, sitewide 1.9%Confirmation Bias: Keyword 19.5%, sitewide 7.5%Negativity Bias: Keyword 18.3%, sitewide 19.2%Biased Writer Voice: Keyword 16.7%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Emotion: Keyword 7.7%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Keyword 3.0%, sitewide 11.1%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Keyword 10.2%, sitewide 0.5%Anchoring Bias: Keyword 9.8%, sitewide 4.0%Availability Heuristic: Keyword 3.0%, sitewide 9.1%Burden of Proof: Keyword 8.9%, sitewide 0.4%False Dilemma: Keyword 6.7%, sitewide 1.5%Anecdotal: Keyword 5.9%, sitewide 5.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Keyword 4.9%, sitewide 0.8%Representativeness Heuristic: Keyword 4.9%, sitewide 1.9%Overconfidence Bias: Keyword 1.4%, sitewide 4.6%Unattributed Quote: Keyword 4.1%, sitewide 1.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Keyword 3.7%, sitewide 2.7%Slippery Slope: Keyword 3.1%, sitewide 1.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Keyword 1.6%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateKeyword rate

Analyzed articles and videos

President Paxson, Who Made Brown an Ivy Bright Spot, Says She Will Leave43%
The Washington Free Beacon93%By Ira Stoll84%8/3/2026, 4:00:21 PM
Pritzker Signs New Laws Requiring Businesses To Accept Cash, Pay Employees For Jury Duty3%
Block Club Chicago28%By Ben Szalinski60% Capitol News Illinois23%8/3/2026, 2:27:35 PM
New president: Clemson 'in strong position,' but must adapt to costs6%
The Greenville News5%By Terry Benjamin II0%8/3/2026, 11:06:27 AM
Optimis…33%Negativ…7%Halo Ef…17%
Brown University President announces plan to step down19%
WBUR News18%By Ian Donnis34% Ocean State Media34%8/3/2026, 9:39:45 AM
Rice University extends free tuition to families earning up to $200,000 a year32%
Houston Chronicle32%By Samantha Ketterer40%8/3/2026, 6:00:00 AM
The computer science major is dying so that the AI literacy minor can be born: ‘we have to democratize it’18%
Fortune72%By Heather Hollingsworth37% The Associated Press73%8/3/2026, 5:39:10 AM
‘Let down by legislators’: Thousands of Minnesota college students face reduced financial aid due to legislative inaction18%
MinnPost35%By Cleo Krejci25%8/3/2026, 3:00:00 AM
Florida English professor alleges political firing over class reading28%
Salon84%By CK Smith57%8/2/2026, 12:00:28 PM
Illinois Institute of Technology cuts 160 faculty and staff just before fall semester52%
Chicago Sun-Times28%By Lisa Kurian Philip51%8/1/2026, 11:00:00 AM
Why Some Americans Want to Be Disabled91%
The Dispatch55%By Jon Gingerich100%7/31/2026, 11:45:00 PM