Author summary
0% 4 analyzed articles/videos 288 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Brad Appleton results contain 35 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Biased Writer Voice , and Framing Effect , with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 14.7% saturation with 961 hits . Analysis detected 7,119 faulty-reasoning hits from 6,556 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.1% and a BS Rank of 62% (2,539 of 6,628 authors). This Brad Appleton is worse (more manipulative) than 61.70% of the peer group. Brad Appleton
Author details
Total words: 6,556
Article count: 4
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
62% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 61.7% percentile 3.1% BS Score4 analyzed articles6.6K 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 8.6% 8.6% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 0.8% 0.8% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 1.2% 1.2% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 5.6% 5.6% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 14.3% 14.3% Attempt to Sell a Product… Sitewide 0.5% Author 4.8% 4.8% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 3.3% 3.3% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 1.8% 1.8% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 1.0% 1.0% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Author 0.6% 0.6% 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 8.6%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 14.3%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 14.7%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 5.6%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 8.3%, sitewide 9.1% Biased Writer Voice: Author 8.6%, sitewide 5.3% Hasty Generalization: Author 0.8%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 3.3%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 6.4%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 1.8%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Author 3.6%, sitewide 5.2% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 4.8%, sitewide 0.5% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 2.8%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.7%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.4%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 2.4%, sitewide 2.7% Unattributed Quote: Author 2.6%, sitewide 1.1% Loss Aversion: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.5% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 2.5%, sitewide 0.8% Bandwagon: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Hindsight Bias: Author 2.2%, sitewide 1.4% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst