Author summary
70% 2 analyzed articles/videos 440 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Jeff Cox results contain 22 faulty reasoning types, including Overconfidence Bias , Confirmation Bias , and Anchoring Bias , with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 14.6% saturation with 435 hits . Analysis detected 1,999 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,970 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.1% and a BS Rank of 61% (2,469 of 6,315 authors). This Jeff Cox is worse (more manipulative) than 60.90% of the peer group. Jeff Cox
Author details
Total words: 2,970
Article count: 2
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
61% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 60.9% percentile 3.1% BS Score2 analyzed articles3K 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 3.1% 3.1% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 0.7% 0.7% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 0.9% 0.9% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 14.7% 14.7% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 0.5% 0.5% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 3.3% 3.3% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 0.6% 0.6% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 11.3% 11.3% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 2.2% 2.2% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 1.3% 1.3% 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 3.1%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 0.9%, sitewide 15.9% Optimism Bias: Author 14.7%, sitewide 6.0% Overconfidence Bias: Author 11.3%, sitewide 4.6% Appeal to Authority: Author 3.3%, sitewide 11.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 9.9%, sitewide 7.5% Availability Heuristic: Author 0.5%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 0.6%, sitewide 8.1% Halo Effect: Author 2.2%, sitewide 6.7% Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.3%, sitewide 5.3% Anchoring Bias: Author 4.1%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 3.7%, sitewide 3.3% Recency Bias: Author 2.5%, sitewide 2.7% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.7%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 1.9% Begging the Question: Author 1.8%, sitewide 1.7% Indoctrination: Author 1.6%, sitewide 0.0% False Dilemma: Author 0.7%, sitewide 1.5% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 1.2%, sitewide 0.8% Tu Quoque: Author 0.2%, sitewide 0.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst