Author summary
0%1 analyzed article/video1,210 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Kate Wells results contain 35 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Overconfidence Bias, and Appeal to Emotion, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 6.1% saturation with 295 hits. Analysis detected 2,997 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,840 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of 22% (4,964 of 6,357 authors). This Kate Wells is better (less manipulative) than 78.10% of the peer group.
Kate Wells
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
22%Kate Wells (selected)2%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 4,840
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

22% percentile
025507510021.9% percentile
1.8% BS Score1 analyzed articles4.8K 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 6.1%6.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 3.5%3.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 4.5%4.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 1.6%1.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 0.5%0.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 3.5%3.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 1.7%1.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 0.3%0.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 2.7%2.7%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Author 0.7%0.7%

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 6.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 3.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 4.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 1.6%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 3.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 4.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 2.7%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 1.7%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 3.7%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Author 0.3%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Author 2.3%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 4.5%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.6%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.9%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 1.8%, sitewide 2.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Author 2.4%, sitewide 0.0%Ad Hominem: Author 1.3%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.7%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

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