Author summary
54%1 analyzed article/video719 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Dan Sales results contain 20 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Negativity Bias, and Confirmation Bias, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 11.2% saturation with 241 hits. Analysis detected 1,518 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,157 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.5% and a BS Rank of 69% (1,966 of 6,202 authors). This Dan Sales is worse (more manipulative) than 68.30% of the peer group.
Dan Sales
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
69%Dan Sales (selected)4%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 2,157
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

68% percentile
025507510068.3% percentile
3.5% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.2K 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 4.1%4.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 9.9%9.9%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 0.7%0.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 3.5%3.5%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 1.0%1.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 11.2%11.2%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 2.6%2.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 5.8%5.8%Loss AversionSitewide 2.5%Author 1.1%1.1%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Author 2.3%2.3%

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 4.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 9.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 11.2%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 11.2%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 3.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 0.7%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 5.8%, sitewide 7.5%Optimism Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Author 2.6%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Author 4.3%, sitewide 5.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 2.9%, sitewide 1.9%Recency Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.5%Unattributed Quote: Author 2.3%, sitewide 1.1%Pessimism Bias: Author 2.1%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Author 1.5%, sitewide 1.7%Composition/Division: Author 1.3%, sitewide 0.2%Primacy Effect: Author 1.3%, sitewide 0.9%Indoctrination: Author 1.0%, sitewide 0.0%Quote-first Misdirection: Author 0.9%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

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