Author summary
0% 9 analyzed articles/videos 3,402 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Jim Thomas results contain 48 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Appeal to Emotion , and Optimism Bias , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 10.1% saturation with 1,620 hits . Analysis detected 14,694 faulty-reasoning hits from 16,103 analyzed words across 9 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of 27% (4,649 of 6,347 authors). This Jim Thomas is better (less manipulative) than 73.20% of the peer group. Jim Thomas
Author details
Total words: 16,103
Article count: 9
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
27% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 26.8% percentile 1.9% BS Score9 analyzed articles16.1K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 9.3% 9.3% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 6.5% 6.5% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 10.1% 10.1% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.6% 2.6% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 1.1% 1.1% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 6.0% 6.0% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 2.2% 2.2% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 3.4% 3.4% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 0.9% 0.9% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 3.7% 3.7% 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 9.3%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 10.1%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 6.5%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 6.0%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.6%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 3.4%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 3.7%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 2.2%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 1.1%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 6.3%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 2.9%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 0.9%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 3.7%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 2.9%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 3.5%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.7% False Dilemma: Author 2.7%, sitewide 1.5% Recency Bias: Author 2.0%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.9%, sitewide 2.5% Unattributed Quote: Author 2.4%, sitewide 1.1% Bandwagon: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst