Author summary
74% 4 analyzed articles/videos 1,317 analyzed words
BS Summary: These B. Scott McLendon results contain 35 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice , Framing Effect , and Appeal to Emotion , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 14.3% saturation with 910 hits . Analysis detected 5,922 faulty-reasoning hits from 6,370 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.7% and a BS Rank of 62% (3,418 of 8,803 authors). This B. Scott McLendon is worse (more manipulative) than 61.20% of the peer group. B. Scott McLendon
Author details
Total words: 6,370
Article count: 4
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
61% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 61.2% percentile 2.7% BS Score4 analyzed articles6.4K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 9.9% 9.9% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 5.7% 5.7% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 1.0% 1.0% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.6% 2.6% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 2.3% 2.3% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 11.0% 11.0% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 1.6% 1.6% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 14.3% 14.3% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 0.3% 0.3% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 3.5% 3.5% 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 9.9%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 14.3%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 5.7%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 1.0%, sitewide 11.1% Biased Writer Voice: Author 11.0%, sitewide 5.3% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.6%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 2.3%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 3.5%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 3.3%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 2.3%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Author 1.3%, sitewide 5.2% Ad Hominem: Author 4.7%, sitewide 2.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.1%, sitewide 3.3% Unattributed Quote: Author 3.2%, sitewide 1.1% Burden of Proof: Author 3.1%, sitewide 0.4% Bandwagon: Author 2.9%, sitewide 2.2% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 2.7% Horn Effect: Author 2.6%, sitewide 1.0% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 2.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst