Author summary
82%6 analyzed articles/videos733 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Brittany Trang results contain 34 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, and Appeal to Authority, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 15.8% saturation with 475 hits. Analysis detected 4,180 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,014 analyzed words across 6 articles, generating a BS Score of 4.1% and a BS Rank of 76% (1,582 of 6,508 authors). This Brittany Trang is worse (more manipulative) than 75.70% of the peer group.
Brittany Trang
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
76%Brittany Trang (selected)5%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 3,014
Article count: 6
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

76% percentile
025507510075.7% percentile
4.1% BS Score6 analyzed articles3K 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 6.4%6.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 1.8%1.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 1.1%1.1%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Author 13.8%13.8%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 15.8%15.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 14.2%14.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 3.6%3.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Author 5.6%5.6%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Author 8.1%8.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 3.9%3.9%

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 6.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 1.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 1.1%, sitewide 15.9%Optimism Bias: Author 15.8%, sitewide 6.0%Hasty Generalization: Author 14.2%, sitewide 8.1%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 13.8%, sitewide 0.5%Appeal to Authority: Author 9.0%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 3.6%, sitewide 9.1%Overconfidence Bias: Author 8.1%, sitewide 4.6%Confirmation Bias: Author 7.1%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Author 3.9%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Author 6.6%, sitewide 5.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 5.6%, sitewide 0.8%Anecdotal: Author 5.1%, sitewide 5.2%Anchoring Bias: Author 1.8%, sitewide 4.0%Primacy Effect: Author 3.7%, sitewide 0.9%Self-Serving Bias: Author 2.6%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.8%, sitewide 3.3%Unattributed Quote: Author 3.0%, sitewide 1.1%Recency Bias: Author 3.0%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.5%Begging the Question: Author 2.4%, sitewide 1.7%Status Quo Bias: Author 2.4%, sitewide 2.2%Bandwagon: Author 1.4%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate