Author summary
60%8 analyzed articles/videos1,950 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Joseph Cox results contain 40 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Biased Writer Voice, and Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 14.7% saturation with 1,520 hits. Analysis detected 11,493 faulty-reasoning hits from 10,332 analyzed words across 8 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.8% and a BS Rank of 55% (2,851 of 6,258 authors). This Joseph Cox is worse (more manipulative) than 54.50% of the peer group.
Joseph Cox
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
55%Joseph Cox (selected)3%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 10,332
Article count: 8
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

55% percentile
025507510054.5% percentile
2.8% BS Score8 analyzed articles10.3K 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 11.5%11.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 4.2%4.2%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Author 9.2%9.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 4.5%4.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 1.0%1.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 1.0%1.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 2.3%2.3%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 10.2%10.2%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 1.2%1.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 14.7%14.7%

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 11.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 14.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 4.2%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 4.5%, sitewide 11.1%Biased Writer Voice: Author 10.2%, sitewide 5.3%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 9.2%, sitewide 0.5%Availability Heuristic: Author 6.2%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 8.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 2.3%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 1.0%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Author 2.3%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 4.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 4.5%, sitewide 0.8%Unattributed Quote: Author 4.4%, sitewide 1.1%Anchoring Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 3.7%Pessimism Bias: Author 3.6%, sitewide 1.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.0%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 1.7%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Author 1.2%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Author 1.4%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate