Author summary
0%3 analyzed articles/videos3,305 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Amy McLean results contain 34 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Post Hoc (False Cause), and Hasty Generalization, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 9.5% saturation with 1,261 hits. Analysis detected 7,708 faulty-reasoning hits from 13,220 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of 20% (5,019 of 6,244 authors). This Amy McLean is better (less manipulative) than 80.40% of the peer group.
Amy McLean
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
20%Amy McLean (selected)2%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 13,220
Article count: 3
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

20% percentile
025507510019.6% percentile
1.7% BS Score3 analyzed articles13.2K 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 2.9%2.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 1.6%1.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 1.2%1.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 2.4%2.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 1.6%1.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 0.9%0.9%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 3.7%3.7%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Author 0.4%0.4%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 9.5%9.5%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 2.2%2.2%

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 2.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 1.2%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 9.1%, sitewide 11.1%Optimism Bias: Author 9.5%, sitewide 6.0%Availability Heuristic: Author 2.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 3.7%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Author 0.9%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Author 2.2%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Author 2.4%, sitewide 5.2%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 5.0%, sitewide 3.3%Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.0%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 3.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 2.4%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.4%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 1.9%Quote-first Misdirection: Author 1.8%, sitewide 0.0%Begging the Question: Author 0.2%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Author 0.9%, sitewide 1.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate