Topic summary
78% 90 analyzed articles/videos 82,389 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Higher Education results contain 53 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Biased Writer Voice , and Hasty Generalization , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 6.6% saturation with 21,756 hits . Analysis detected 228,288 faulty-reasoning hits from 329,369 analyzed words across 90 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.3% and a BS Rank of 13% (21,371 of 24,496 topics). This Higher Education is better (less manipulative) than 87.20% of the peer group. Higher Education
Topic details
Total words: 329,369
Article count: 90
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
13% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 12.8% percentile 1.3% BS Score90 analyzed articles329.4K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 5.3% 5.3% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 6.6% 6.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 4.1% 4.1% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 3.5% 3.5% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.0% 2.0% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.8% 0.8% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 1.8% 1.8% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 3.5% 3.5% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Topic 0.9% 0.9% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 2.4% 2.4% 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 5.3%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 6.6%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.5%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 2.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst