Author summary
4% 2 analyzed articles/videos 2,681 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Kate Yandell results contain 43 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority , Pessimism Bias , and Confirmation Bias , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 4.3% saturation with 902 hits . Analysis detected 8,272 faulty-reasoning hits from 20,759 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 0.9% and a BS Rank of 1% (6,294 of 6,354 authors). This Kate Yandell is better (less manipulative) than 99.10% of the peer group. Kate Yandell
Author details
Total words: 20,759
Article count: 2
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
1% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 0.9% percentile 0.9% BS Score2 analyzed articles20.8K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 1.0% 1.0% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 4.3% 4.3% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 2.3% 2.3% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 0.3% 0.3% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 4.2% 4.2% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.1% 0.1% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 1.9% 1.9% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 2.3% 2.3% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 1.0% 1.0% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 0.8% 0.8% 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 1.0%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 4.3%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 2.3%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 4.2%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 0.3%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 1.9%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 2.3%, sitewide 7.5% Halo Effect: Author 0.1%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.0%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 0.8%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.0%, sitewide 4.6% Pessimism Bias: Author 4.1%, sitewide 1.9% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.7%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.7% Bandwagon: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.0% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.3%, sitewide 1.9% Slippery Slope: Author 0.8%, sitewide 1.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst