Author summary
60% 5 analyzed articles/videos 5,291 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Joshua Keating results contain 44 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice , Hasty Generalization , and Negativity Bias , with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 8.9% saturation with 2,471 hits . Analysis detected 21,721 faulty-reasoning hits from 27,654 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of 23% (4,920 of 6,348 authors). This Joshua Keating is better (less manipulative) than 77.50% of the peer group. Joshua Keating
Author details
Total words: 27,654
Article count: 5
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
23% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 22.5% percentile 1.8% BS Score5 analyzed articles27.7K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 8.9% 8.9% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 5.6% 5.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 3.0% 3.0% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 3.1% 3.1% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.5% 2.5% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 1.0% 1.0% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 0.8% 0.8% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 1.6% 1.6% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Author 0.4% 0.4% Hindsight Bias Sitewide 1.4% Author 4.6% 4.6% 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 8.9%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 5.6%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 3.0%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 3.1%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.5%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 6.2%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 5.3%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 6.9% Biased Writer Voice: Author 6.8%, sitewide 5.3% Optimism Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Author 1.6%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.3%, sitewide 4.6% Hindsight Bias: Author 4.6%, sitewide 1.4% Anchoring Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 3.7% Pessimism Bias: Author 3.5%, sitewide 1.9% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 3.3%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.2%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 2.7% Unattributed Quote: Author 2.6%, sitewide 1.1% Loss Aversion: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst