Author summary
28%5 analyzed articles/videos4,387 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Alex N. Gecan results contain 42 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic, Framing Effect, and Hasty Generalization, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 11.3% saturation with 1,882 hits. Analysis detected 10,457 faulty-reasoning hits from 16,608 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of 13% (5,412 of 6,170 authors). This Alex N. Gecan is better (less manipulative) than 87.70% of the peer group.
Alex N. Gecan
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
13%Alex N. Gecan (selected)2%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 16,608
Article count: 5
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

12% percentile
025507510012.3% percentile
1.5% BS Score5 analyzed articles16.6K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

AuthorSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Author 4.2%4.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 2.8%2.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 2.2%2.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 11.3%11.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 0.2%0.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 0.2%0.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 1.8%1.8%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 0.4%0.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 3.8%3.8%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Author 0.3%0.3%

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: Author 4.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 11.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 2.8%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 2.2%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 6.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 3.8%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 1.8%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 0.2%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.2%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Author 1.9%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Author 2.9%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.8%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.6%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 2.2%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 2.3%, sitewide 0.8%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 2.3%, sitewide 2.0%Bandwagon: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate