Author summary
20% 4 analyzed articles/videos 4,034 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Clair McFarland results contain 38 faulty reasoning types, including In-Group Bias , Hasty Generalization , and Self-Serving Bias , with Halo Effect as the most egregious example at 4.6% saturation with 622 hits . Analysis detected 4,744 faulty-reasoning hits from 13,392 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 0.9% and a BS Rank of 5% (8,558 of 8,932 authors). This Clair McFarland is better (less manipulative) than 95.80% of the peer group. Clair McFarland
Author details
Total words: 13,392
Article count: 4
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
4% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 4.2% percentile 0.9% BS Score4 analyzed articles13.4K 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 1.8% 1.8% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 1.3% 1.3% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 1.8% 1.8% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 1.1% 1.1% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 1.0% 1.0% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 1.4% 1.4% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 2.3% 2.3% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 0.3% 0.3% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 1.8% 1.8% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 0.5% 0.5% 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 1.8%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 1.8%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 1.1%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 1.0%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 2.3%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 3.8%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 4.6%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 1.8%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 0.3%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 1.9%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 2.0%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.1%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.0%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.1%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst