Author summary
0%1 analyzed article/video200 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Carol Smith results contain 15 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, In-Group Bias, and Negativity Bias, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 45.5% saturation with 273 hits. Analysis detected 1,195 faulty-reasoning hits from 600 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 13.3% and a BS Rank of 97% (211 of 6,576 authors). This Carol Smith is worse (more manipulative) than 96.80% of the peer group.
Carol Smith
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Jacob Owens1%
1%Megan Fan Munce1%
97%Carol Smith (selected)14%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 600
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

97% percentile
025507510096.8% percentile
13.3% BS Score1 analyzed articles600 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

AuthorSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 45.5%45.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 23.3%23.3%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Author 42.0%42.0%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 19.2%19.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 3.0%3.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 11.0%11.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 7.5%7.5%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Author 7.2%7.2%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Author 5.0%5.0%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Author 4.0%4.0%

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%Appeal to Emotion: Author 45.5%, sitewide 15.9%Framing Effect: Author 42.0%, sitewide 26.9%In-Group Bias: Author 23.3%, sitewide 6.9%Negativity Bias: Author 21.0%, sitewide 19.2%Optimism Bias: Author 19.2%, sitewide 6.0%Appeal to Authority: Author 7.5%, sitewide 11.1%Halo Effect: Author 11.0%, sitewide 6.7%Availability Heuristic: Author 3.0%, sitewide 9.1%Self-Serving Bias: Author 7.2%, sitewide 3.7%Recency Bias: Author 5.0%, sitewide 2.7%Overconfidence Bias: Author 3.0%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Author 3.5%, sitewide 4.0%Begging the Question: Author 4.0%, sitewide 1.7%Status Quo Bias: Author 2.5%, sitewide 2.2%Bandwagon: Author 1.5%, sitewide 2.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateAuthor rate

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