Author summary
0% 1 analyzed article/video 494 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Alan Smith results contain 26 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice , Framing Effect , and Halo Effect , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 30.1% saturation with 594 hits . Analysis detected 2,387 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,976 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 4.6% and a BS Rank of 81% (1,269 of 6,628 authors). This Alan Smith is worse (more manipulative) than 80.90% of the peer group. Alan Smith
Author details
Total words: 1,976
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
81% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 80.9% percentile 4.6% BS Score1 analyzed articles2K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 28.1% 28.1% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 11.6% 11.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 0.7% 0.7% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 30.1% 30.1% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 2.8% 2.8% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 1.4% 1.4% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 0.3% 0.3% Horn Effect Sitewide 1.0% Author 4.8% 4.8% Ambiguity (Equivocation) Sitewide 0.8% Author 3.8% 3.8% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 5.1% 5.1% 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% Negativity Bias: Author 30.1%, sitewide 19.2% Biased Writer Voice: Author 28.1%, sitewide 5.3% Framing Effect: Author 11.6%, sitewide 26.9% Appeal to Emotion: Author 0.7%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 2.8%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 1.4%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 5.1%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 7.5% Halo Effect: Author 5.9%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 4.5%, sitewide 6.0% Horn Effect: Author 4.8%, sitewide 1.0% Anchoring Bias: Author 2.6%, sitewide 4.0% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 3.8%, sitewide 0.8% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.4%, sitewide 3.3% Recency Bias: Author 2.8%, sitewide 2.7% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.7% Hindsight Bias: Author 2.6%, sitewide 1.4% Status Quo Bias: Author 2.6%, sitewide 2.2% Loss Aversion: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.5% Pessimism Bias: Author 2.4%, sitewide 1.9% Bandwagon: Author 1.5%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.2% Actor-Observer Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 0.6% Unattributed Quote: Author 0.3%, sitewide 1.1% Negativity Bias Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst