Author summary
0% 3 analyzed articles/videos 1,272 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Barry Williams results contain 35 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Availability Heuristic , and Hasty Generalization , with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 6.3% saturation with 492 hits . Analysis detected 4,763 faulty-reasoning hits from 7,832 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of 21% (5,032 of 6,357 authors). This Barry Williams is better (less manipulative) than 79.20% of the peer group. Barry Williams
Author details
Total words: 7,832
Article count: 3
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
21% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 20.8% percentile 1.7% BS Score3 analyzed articles7.8K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 2.0% 2.0% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 6.2% 6.2% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 6.3% 6.3% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 4.0% 4.0% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.8% 0.8% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 1.9% 1.9% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 0.7% 0.7% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 0.2% 0.2% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 0.2% 0.2% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 5.4% 5.4% 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 2.0%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 6.2%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 6.3%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 4.0%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 5.4%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 5.2%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 3.3%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 0.2%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 3.1%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 4.6% Pessimism Bias: Author 4.3%, sitewide 1.9% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 2.0%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.1%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.5%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 1.6%, sitewide 1.9% Begging the Question: Author 0.2%, sitewide 1.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst