Topic summary
⁠71%1 analyzed article/video414 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Financial Aid Issues results contain 24 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Appeal to Emotion, and Availability Heuristic, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 10.3% saturation with 170 hits. Analysis detected 1,465 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,656 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠74% (6,568 of 24,545 topics). This Financial Aid Issues is worse (more manipulative) than 73.20% of the peer group.
Financial Aid Issues
Topic details
Total words: 1,656
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

73% percentile
025507510073.2% percentile
3.7% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.7K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 6.8%6.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.8%1.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 10.3%10.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 7.8%7.8%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 7.9%7.9%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 1.3%1.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 5.8%5.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 6.9%6.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 5.5%5.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Topic 2.8%2.8%

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 6.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 10.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.8%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 6.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 8.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 7.9%, sitewide 5.3%Confirmation Bias: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 7.5%Anecdotal: Topic 6.1%, sitewide 5.2%Optimism Bias: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 6.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 3.7%Recency Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 2.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.5%, sitewide 3.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.8%, sitewide 0.8%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 2.7%Begging the Question: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 1.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.5%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 2.2%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 1.9%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 0.5%Unattributed Quote: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 1.1%False Dilemma: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.5%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 0.0%Sunk Cost Effect: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 0.3%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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