Author summary
49% 7 analyzed articles/videos 5,312 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Elsie Carson results contain 51 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias , Anecdotal , and Optimism Bias , with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 5.8% saturation with 2,095 hits . Analysis detected 20,733 faulty-reasoning hits from 35,978 analyzed words across 7 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.1% and a BS Rank of 9% (7,885 of 8,599 authors). This Elsie Carson is better (less manipulative) than 91.70% of the peer group. Elsie Carson
Author details
Total words: 35,978
Article count: 7
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
8% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 8.3% percentile 1.1% BS Score7 analyzed articles36K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 2.7% 2.7% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 3.5% 3.5% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 2.9% 2.9% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 1.9% 1.9% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.0% 2.0% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 1.5% 1.5% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 1.8% 1.8% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Author 0.2% 0.2% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 1.2% 1.2% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 4.1% 4.1% 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 2.7%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 3.5%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 2.9%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 1.9%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.0%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 5.8%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 4.1%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 1.8%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 1.5%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 3.7%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 2.0%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 4.0%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.4%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.9%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.5% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 2.5%, sitewide 2.0% Bandwagon: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst