Author summary
0% 1 analyzed article/video 1,109 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Jeff McCausland results contain 34 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias , Negativity Bias , and Slippery Slope , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 24.5% saturation with 1,086 hits . Analysis detected 6,881 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,436 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 4.6% and a BS Rank of 81% (1,309 of 6,628 authors). This Jeff McCausland is worse (more manipulative) than 80.30% of the peer group. Jeff McCausland
Author details
Total words: 4,436
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
80% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 80.3% percentile 4.6% BS Score1 analyzed articles4.4K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Author SitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 24.5% 24.5% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 7.8% 7.8% Slippery Slope Sitewide 1.7% Author 11.3% 11.3% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 6.5% 6.5% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 13.8% 13.8% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.7% 0.7% Pessimism Bias Sitewide 1.9% Author 7.9% 7.9% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 3.2% 3.2% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Author 5.8% 5.8% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 5.4% 5.4% 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 7.8%, sitewide 26.9% Biased Writer Voice: Author 24.5%, sitewide 5.3% Negativity Bias: Author 13.8%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 6.5%, sitewide 15.9% Confirmation Bias: Author 13.8%, sitewide 7.5% Slippery Slope: Author 11.3%, sitewide 1.7% Appeal to Authority: Author 5.4%, sitewide 11.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 9.6%, sitewide 8.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 3.2%, sitewide 9.1% Pessimism Bias: Author 7.9%, sitewide 1.9% In-Group Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 3.7%, sitewide 6.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 6.2%, sitewide 3.3% Optimism Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 6.0% Indoctrination: Author 5.8%, sitewide 0.0% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 5.7%, sitewide 2.0% Anecdotal: Author 1.2%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 4.6% Unattributed Quote: Author 4.1%, sitewide 1.1% Recency Bias: Author 3.2%, sitewide 2.7% Status Quo Bias: Author 2.8%, sitewide 2.2% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 2.4%, sitewide 2.7% Begging the Question: Author 2.6%, sitewide 1.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.5% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst