Topic summary
11% 17 analyzed articles/videos 8,231 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Back To School results contain 34 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion , Optimism Bias , and Framing Effect , with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 8% saturation with 2,698 hits . Analysis detected 10,499 faulty-reasoning hits from 33,735 analyzed words across 17 articles, generating a BS Score of 0.9% and a BS Rank of 3% (23,823 of 24,545 topics). This Back To School is better (less manipulative) than 97.10% of the peer group. Back To School
Topic details
Total words: 33,735
Article count: 17
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
3% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 2.9% percentile 0.9% BS Score17 analyzed articles33.7K 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 2.1% 2.1% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 1.4% 1.4% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 2.8% 2.8% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 0.8% 0.8% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 0.6% 0.6% Attempt to Sell a Product… Sitewide 0.5% Topic 8.0% 8.0% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 0.1% 0.1% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.4% 0.4% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 1.9% 1.9% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Topic 0.3% 0.3% 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 2.1%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 8.1% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 8.0%, sitewide 0.5% Confirmation Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.2%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst