Author summary
78%1 analyzed article/video1,098 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Alison Hurley results contain 31 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Appeal to Emotion, and Anecdotal, with Halo Effect as the most egregious example at 25.9% saturation with 853 hits. Analysis detected 3,312 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,294 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.2% and a BS Rank of 64% (2,296 of 6,359 authors). This Alison Hurley is worse (more manipulative) than 63.90% of the peer group.
Alison Hurley
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
64%Alison Hurley (selected)4%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 3,294
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

64% percentile
025507510063.9% percentile
3.2% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.3K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

AuthorSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 25.9%25.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 1.5%1.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 8.3%8.3%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 12.2%12.2%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 0.7%0.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 1.5%1.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 5.4%5.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 3.2%3.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 4.7%4.7%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%Halo Effect: Author 25.9%, sitewide 6.7%Negativity Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 8.3%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Author 12.2%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Author 5.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 4.7%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 3.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 7.5%Anecdotal: Author 7.4%, sitewide 5.2%In-Group Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 6.0%Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 3.8%, sitewide 3.3%Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 3.7%Indoctrination: Author 3.5%, sitewide 0.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 3.2%, sitewide 0.8%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.7%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 2.0%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Author 1.3%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Author 0.6%, sitewide 1.5%Halo EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos