Topic summary
⁠19%5 analyzed articles/videos3,287 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Student Support results contain 36 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Post Hoc (False Cause), and Framing Effect, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 6.5% saturation with 990 hits. Analysis detected 4,898 faulty-reasoning hits from 15,245 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 0.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠3% (22,183 of 22,704 topics). This Student Support is better (less manipulative) than 97.70% of the peer group.
Student Support

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

2% percentile
02550751002.3% percentile
0.9% BS Score5 analyzed articles15.2K 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 2.4%2.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 1.8%1.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.8%2.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 0.3%0.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 0.8%0.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.6%1.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.4%1.4%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.8%0.8%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 0.1%0.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.0%2.0%

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: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 6.5%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.5%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.5%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.7%Begging the Question: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 1.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos