Author summary
91%1 analyzed article/video2,536 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Jim Dobson results contain 30 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Availability Heuristic, and Halo Effect, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 30.1% saturation with 2,292 hits. Analysis detected 7,253 faulty-reasoning hits from 7,608 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.2% and a BS Rank of 63% (2,368 of 6,357 authors). This Jim Dobson is worse (more manipulative) than 62.80% of the peer group.
Jim Dobson
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
63%Jim Dobson (selected)4%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 7,608
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

63% percentile
025507510062.8% percentile
3.2% BS Score1 analyzed articles7.6K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

AuthorSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Author 30.1%30.1%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Author 7.5%7.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 1.5%1.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 0.3%0.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 1.2%1.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 9.9%9.9%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Author 0.6%0.6%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 1.7%1.7%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Author 0.3%0.3%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Author 1.2%1.2%

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%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 30.1%, sitewide 0.5%Framing Effect: Author 7.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 9.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 7.9%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 8.9%, sitewide 9.1%Halo Effect: Author 8.1%, sitewide 6.7%Hasty Generalization: Author 5.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Author 1.7%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Author 0.6%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 3.7%Recency Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Status Quo Bias: Author 2.3%, sitewide 2.2%Bandwagon: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.5%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Author 0.8%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Author 0.7%, sitewide 1.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 1.2%, sitewide 0.8%Unattributed Quote: Author 0.6%, sitewide 1.1%Attempt to Sell a Product or ServiceSitewide rateAuthor rate

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