Author summary
0%1 analyzed article/video936 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Dr. Melanie Jay results contain 27 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Framing Effect, and Appeal to Authority, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 36.7% saturation with 687 hits. Analysis detected 3,036 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,872 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 6% and a BS Rank of 88% (815 of 6,316 authors). This Dr. Melanie Jay is worse (more manipulative) than 87.10% of the peer group.
Dr. Melanie Jay
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
88%Dr. Melanie Jay (selected)7%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 1,872
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

87% percentile
025507510087.1% percentile
6.0% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.9K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

AuthorSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 36.7%36.7%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Author 11.7%11.7%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Author 8.1%8.1%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Author 7.2%7.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 2.3%2.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 4.1%4.1%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Author 8.6%8.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 3.1%3.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 3.4%3.4%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Author 1.8%1.8%

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%Negativity Bias: Author 36.7%, sitewide 19.2%Framing Effect: Author 11.7%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Emotion: Author 13.7%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 9.8%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 9.7%, sitewide 8.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 4.1%, sitewide 9.1%Self-Serving Bias: Author 8.6%, sitewide 3.7%Slippery Slope: Author 8.1%, sitewide 1.7%Confirmation Bias: Author 2.3%, sitewide 7.5%Pessimism Bias: Author 7.2%, sitewide 1.9%In-Group Bias: Author 3.4%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 3.1%, sitewide 6.7%Anecdotal: Author 6.5%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 6.3%, sitewide 4.6%Optimism Bias: Author 3.9%, sitewide 6.0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 5.4%, sitewide 3.1%Anchoring Bias: Author 1.8%, sitewide 4.0%Loss Aversion: Author 3.2%, sitewide 2.5%Ad Hominem: Author 2.8%, sitewide 2.2%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 2.7%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 2.7%, sitewide 2.7%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 1.6%, sitewide 1.9%Primacy Effect: Author 1.9%, sitewide 0.9%Blind-Spot Bias: Author 1.7%, sitewide 0.2%Negativity BiasSitewide rateAuthor rate

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