Author summary
0%1 analyzed article/video1,084 analyzed words
BS Summary: These James Dixon results contain 36 faulty reasoning types, including Slippery Slope, Biased Writer Voice, and Negativity Bias, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 12.8% saturation with 556 hits. Analysis detected 4,621 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,336 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3% and a BS Rank of 59% (2,583 of 6,246 authors). This James Dixon is worse (more manipulative) than 58.70% of the peer group.
James Dixon
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
59%James Dixon (selected)3%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 4,336
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

59% percentile
025507510058.7% percentile
3.0% BS Score1 analyzed articles4.3K 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 5.6%5.6%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Author 12.6%12.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 0.5%0.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 9.5%9.5%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 12.1%12.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 0.2%0.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 2.8%2.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 0.6%0.6%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Author 0.1%0.1%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%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%Framing Effect: Author 5.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 9.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 12.8%, sitewide 15.9%Slippery Slope: Author 12.6%, sitewide 1.7%Biased Writer Voice: Author 12.1%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Author 0.5%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 9.1%, sitewide 8.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 2.8%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 4.9%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 0.6%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 1.8%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Author 2.2%, sitewide 5.2%False Dilemma: Author 4.8%, sitewide 1.5%Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 4.6%Loss Aversion: Author 3.9%, sitewide 2.5%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.9%, sitewide 3.3%Begging the Question: Author 3.2%, sitewide 1.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.7%Pessimism Bias: Author 2.6%, sitewide 1.9%Straw Man: Author 2.5%, sitewide 0.9%Status Quo Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

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