Author summary
0%1 analyzed article/video1,820 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Dan Alexander results contain 39 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Hasty Generalization, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 6.8% saturation with 498 hits. Analysis detected 4,424 faulty-reasoning hits from 7,280 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1.6% and a BS Rank of 15% (5,616 of 6,561 authors). This Dan Alexander is better (less manipulative) than 85.60% of the peer group.
Dan Alexander
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
15%Dan Alexander (selected)2%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 7,280
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

14% percentile
025507510014.4% percentile
1.6% BS Score1 analyzed articles7.3K 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 3.9%3.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 3.4%3.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 6.8%6.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 1.5%1.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 1.5%1.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 0.8%0.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 2.3%2.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 1.6%1.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 3.5%3.5%Anchoring BiasSitewide 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 3.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 6.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 3.4%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 1.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 1.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 3.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 2.3%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 1.6%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 2.8%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Author 3.3%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Author 2.0%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.1%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 3.2%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 2.7%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Author 1.5%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Author 1.8%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.2%Sunk Cost Effect: Author 2.1%, sitewide 0.3%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 1.1%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

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