Author summary
0%1 analyzed article/video998 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Deirdre Durkan-Simonds results contain 27 faulty reasoning types, including Self-Serving Bias, Halo Effect, and Post Hoc (False Cause), with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 17.5% saturation with 525 hits. Analysis detected 4,588 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,994 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 5.7% and a BS Rank of 86% (873 of 6,195 authors). This Deirdre Durkan-Simonds is worse (more manipulative) than 85.90% of the peer group.
Deirdre Durkan-Simonds
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
86%Deirdre Durkan-Simonds (selected)6%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 2,994
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

86% percentile
025507510085.9% percentile
5.7% BS Score1 analyzed articles3K 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 8.5%8.5%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Author 17.3%17.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 17.5%17.5%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Author 14.2%14.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 16.4%16.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 10.8%10.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 11.4%11.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 3.2%3.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 5.3%5.3%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Author 0.3%0.3%

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 8.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 10.8%, sitewide 19.2%Optimism Bias: Author 17.5%, sitewide 6.0%Self-Serving Bias: Author 17.3%, sitewide 3.7%Halo Effect: Author 16.4%, sitewide 6.7%Appeal to Emotion: Author 11.4%, sitewide 15.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 14.2%, sitewide 3.3%Appeal to Authority: Author 12.6%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 5.3%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 8.1%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 3.2%, sitewide 7.5%Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.7%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Author 4.5%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 4.6%Hindsight Bias: Author 4.3%, sitewide 1.4%Anchoring Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Red Herring: Author 3.5%, sitewide 0.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 2.2%, sitewide 2.7%Actor-Observer Bias: Author 2.4%, sitewide 0.6%False Dilemma: Author 2.4%, sitewide 1.5%Status Quo Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 1.4%, sitewide 1.9%Primacy Effect: Author 0.5%, sitewide 0.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

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