Publication summary
⁠12%2 analyzed articles/videos239 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Illinois Answers Project results contain 9 faulty reasoning types, including Post Hoc (False Cause), Biased Writer Voice, and Appeal to Authority, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 14.2% saturation with 136 hits. Analysis detected 418 faulty-reasoning hits from 956 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 4.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠95% (31 of 570 publications). This Illinois Answers Project is worse (more manipulative) than 94.70% of the peer group.
Illinois Answers Project
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Publication details

Ranking context

Position among analyzed publications

95% percentile
025507510094.7% percentile
4.9% BS Score2 analyzed articles956 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

PublicationSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Publication 3.1%3.1%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Publication 14.2%14.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Publication 3.6%3.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Publication 1.9%1.9%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Publication 7.2%7.2%Hindsight BiasSitewide 1.4%Publication 3.5%3.5%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Publication 2.1%2.1%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Publication 3.1%3.1%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Publication 5.0%5.0%

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: Publication 14.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Publication 3.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Authority: Publication 3.6%, sitewide 11.1%Confirmation Bias: Publication 1.9%, sitewide 7.5%Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 7.2%, sitewide 3.3%Biased Writer Voice: Publication 5.0%, sitewide 5.3%Anchoring Bias: Publication 3.1%, sitewide 4.0%Hindsight Bias: Publication 3.5%, sitewide 1.4%Unattributed Quote: Publication 2.1%, sitewide 1.1%Framing EffectSitewide ratePublication rate

Analyzed articles and videos