Author summary
⁠0%2 analyzed articles/videos1,649 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Heller McAlpin results contain 33 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect, Framing Effect, and Appeal to Authority, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 26.1% saturation with 1,290 hits. Analysis detected 7,134 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,947 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 4.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠79% (1,401 of 6,502 authors). This Heller McAlpin is worse (more manipulative) than 78.50% of the peer group.
Heller McAlpin
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
⁠0%Vivek Chibber1%
⁠0%Sneha Dey1%
⁠0%Ideastream Public Media1%
⁠0%Megan Fan Munce1%
⁠1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
⁠79%Heller McAlpin (selected)5%
⁠100%Greg Rosenstein38%
⁠100%Siham Shamalakh43%
⁠100%Greg Miller54%
⁠100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
⁠100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 4,947
Article count: 2
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

79% percentile
025507510078.5% percentile
4.4% BS Score2 analyzed articles4.9K 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 9.4%9.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 1.9%1.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 26.1%26.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 3.7%3.7%Fundamental Attribution E…Sitewide 2.7%Author 7.9%7.9%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 2.0%2.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 11.3%11.3%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Author 6.4%6.4%Blind-Spot BiasSitewide 0.2%Author 3.7%3.7%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Author 2.1%2.1%

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 9.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 26.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 1.9%, sitewide 15.9%Halo Effect: Author 11.3%, sitewide 6.7%Appeal to Authority: Author 9.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 3.7%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 8.9%, sitewide 8.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 7.9%, sitewide 2.7%Confirmation Bias: Author 6.2%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 2.0%, sitewide 6.9%Anchoring Bias: Author 6.7%, sitewide 4.0%Pessimism Bias: Author 6.4%, sitewide 1.9%Optimism Bias: Author 4.9%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Author 2.1%, sitewide 5.2%Self-Serving Bias: Author 4.7%, sitewide 3.7%Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.2%, sitewide 4.6%Ad Hominem: Author 4.0%, sitewide 2.2%Loss Aversion: Author 3.8%, sitewide 2.5%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 3.8%, sitewide 1.9%Blind-Spot Bias: Author 3.7%, sitewide 0.2%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.6%, sitewide 3.3%Actor-Observer Bias: Author 3.2%, sitewide 0.6%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 3.1%Recency Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos