Author summary
75%3 analyzed articles/videos569 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Andrew Kerr results contain 43 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Confirmation Bias, and Framing Effect, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 19.8% saturation with 2,256 hits. Analysis detected 14,946 faulty-reasoning hits from 11,367 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.1% and a BS Rank of 61% (2,475 of 6,316 authors). This Andrew Kerr is worse (more manipulative) than 60.80% of the peer group.
Andrew Kerr
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
61%Andrew Kerr (selected)4%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 11,367
Article count: 3
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

61% percentile
025507510060.8% percentile
3.1% BS Score3 analyzed articles11.4K 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 11.4%11.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 5.0%5.0%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 14.7%14.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 2.7%2.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 2.6%2.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 14.0%14.0%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 1.8%1.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 1.8%1.8%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Author 5.5%5.5%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Author 0.5%0.5%

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 11.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 19.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 5.0%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Author 14.7%, sitewide 5.3%Confirmation Bias: Author 14.0%, sitewide 7.5%Appeal to Authority: Author 2.7%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 2.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 8.4%, sitewide 8.1%In-Group Bias: Author 1.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 1.8%, sitewide 6.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 5.8%, sitewide 3.3%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Author 5.5%, sitewide 1.4%Anecdotal: Author 1.8%, sitewide 5.2%Ad Hominem: Author 4.7%, sitewide 2.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 4.0%Tu Quoque: Author 3.9%, sitewide 0.2%Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 3.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Author 3.2%, sitewide 0.0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate