Author summary
⁠0%3 analyzed articles/videos4,321 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Esther Wickham results contain 37 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Negativity Bias, and Anchoring Bias, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 11.8% saturation with 1,851 hits. Analysis detected 11,656 faulty-reasoning hits from 15,696 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 2% and a BS Rank of ⁠31% (4,346 of 6,244 authors). This Esther Wickham is better (less manipulative) than 69.60% of the peer group.
Esther Wickham
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
⁠0%Vivek Chibber1%
⁠0%Sneha Dey1%
⁠0%Ideastream Public Media1%
⁠0%Megan Fan Munce1%
⁠1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
⁠31%Esther Wickham (selected)3%
⁠100%Greg Rosenstein38%
⁠100%Siham Shamalakh43%
⁠100%Greg Miller54%
⁠100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
⁠100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 15,696
Article count: 3
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

30% percentile
025507510030.4% percentile
2.0% BS Score3 analyzed articles15.7K 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 11.8%11.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 2.3%2.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 10.7%10.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 2.1%2.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 4.1%4.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 0.2%0.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 0.1%0.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 1.9%1.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 0.5%0.5%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Author 0.8%0.8%

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 11.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 10.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 2.3%, sitewide 15.9%Hasty Generalization: Author 11.2%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Authority: Author 4.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 2.1%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 0.1%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Author 2.8%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Author 0.8%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Author 4.4%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 3.0%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Author 1.5%, sitewide 2.5%Status Quo Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 2.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 2.2%, sitewide 0.8%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.7%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Author 0.5%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos