Author summary
45% 2 analyzed articles/videos 1,075 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Ed Holt results contain 26 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Biased Writer Voice , and Anchoring Bias , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 15.4% saturation with 497 hits . Analysis detected 2,414 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,225 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.9% and a BS Rank of 58% (2,838 of 6,628 authors). This Ed Holt is worse (more manipulative) than 57.20% of the peer group. Ed Holt
Author details
Total words: 3,225
Article count: 2
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
57% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 57.2% percentile 2.9% BS Score2 analyzed articles3.2K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 10.1% 10.1% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 3.7% 3.7% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 0.2% 0.2% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 0.8% 0.8% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 4.4% 4.4% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 2.3% 2.3% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 1.7% 1.7% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 15.4% 15.4% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 9.2% 9.2% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 4.8% 4.8% 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% Framing Effect: Author 10.1%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 15.4%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 3.7%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 0.2%, sitewide 11.1% Biased Writer Voice: Author 9.2%, sitewide 5.3% Availability Heuristic: Author 4.4%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 0.8%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 4.8%, sitewide 7.5% Halo Effect: Author 2.3%, sitewide 6.7% Anchoring Bias: Author 6.3%, sitewide 4.0% Optimism Bias: Author 1.7%, sitewide 6.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.7%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.1%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 2.2%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.7% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.8%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 1.9% Sunk Cost Effect: Author 1.7%, sitewide 0.3% Unattributed Quote: Author 0.6%, sitewide 1.1% Burden of Proof: Author 1.0%, sitewide 0.4% Red Herring: Author 1.0%, sitewide 0.7% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 0.9%, sitewide 0.8% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst