Author summary
⁠31%4 analyzed articles/videos3,028 analyzed words
BS Summary: These DAVE COLLINS results contain 40 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Appeal to Emotion, and Availability Heuristic, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 17.6% saturation with 1,565 hits. Analysis detected 9,490 faulty-reasoning hits from 8,899 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠52% (3,002 of 6,164 authors). This DAVE COLLINS is worse (more manipulative) than 51.30% of the peer group.
DAVE COLLINS
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
⁠0%Vivek Chibber1%
⁠0%Sneha Dey1%
⁠0%Ideastream Public Media1%
⁠0%Megan Fan Munce1%
⁠1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
⁠52%DAVE COLLINS (selected)3%
⁠100%Greg Rosenstein38%
⁠100%Siham Shamalakh43%
⁠100%Greg Miller54%
⁠100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
⁠100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 8,899
Article count: 4
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

51% percentile
025507510051.3% percentile
2.7% BS Score4 analyzed articles8.9K 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 12.1%12.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 3.4%3.4%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 2.1%2.1%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Author 0.4%0.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 11.9%11.9%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 1.5%1.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 4.3%4.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 2.3%2.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 3.0%3.0%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Author 0.4%0.4%

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 12.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 17.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 11.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 3.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 8.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 4.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 4.7%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 2.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 3.0%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 2.3%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.5%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Author 1.8%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 4.2%, sitewide 3.3%Anchoring Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 4.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 4.0%, sitewide 2.7%Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 3.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 3.1%Ad Hominem: Author 3.0%, sitewide 2.2%Recency Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Author 1.6%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Hindsight Bias: Author 2.1%, sitewide 1.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos