Author summary
70%7 analyzed articles/videos8,490 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Kevin Baxter results contain 53 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Hasty Generalization, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 11.2% saturation with 3,598 hits. Analysis detected 31,718 faulty-reasoning hits from 32,125 analyzed words across 7 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of 26% (4,680 of 6,244 authors). This Kevin Baxter is better (less manipulative) than 74.90% of the peer group.
Kevin Baxter
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
26%Kevin Baxter (selected)2%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 32,125
Article count: 7
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

25% percentile
025507510025.1% percentile
1.9% BS Score7 analyzed articles32.1K 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 5.1%5.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 6.0%6.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 2.5%2.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 11.2%11.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 3.6%3.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 1.9%1.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 4.1%4.1%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 8.7%8.7%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Author 1.1%1.1%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Author 1.8%1.8%

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 5.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 11.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 6.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 2.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 3.6%, sitewide 9.1%Biased Writer Voice: Author 8.7%, sitewide 5.3%Hasty Generalization: Author 6.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 4.1%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 5.9%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 3.6%, sitewide 6.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 5.4%, sitewide 3.3%Anecdotal: Author 2.6%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.8%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 3.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.7%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 1.8%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Author 1.7%, sitewide 2.5%Hindsight Bias: Author 2.3%, sitewide 1.4%Bandwagon: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Indoctrination: Author 2.2%, sitewide 0.0%Status Quo Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate