Author summary
17% 1 analyzed article/video 743 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Louise Matsakis results contain 27 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization , Negativity Bias , and Confirmation Bias , with Self-Serving Bias as the most egregious example at 6.8% saturation with 202 hits . Analysis detected 1,301 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,972 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1.6% and a BS Rank of 29% (6,486 of 9,034 authors). This Louise Matsakis is better (less manipulative) than 71.80% of the peer group. Louise Matsakis
Author details
Total words: 2,972
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
28% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 28.2% percentile 1.6% BS Score1 analyzed articles3K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 0.9% 0.9% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 4.1% 4.1% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 0.9% 0.9% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 1.2% 1.2% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.3% 2.3% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 0.7% 0.7% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 0.8% 0.8% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 3.3% 3.3% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Author 0.7% 0.7% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Author 6.8% 6.8% 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 0.9%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 4.1%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 0.9%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 1.2%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.3%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 5.2%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 3.3%, sitewide 7.5% Self-Serving Bias: Author 6.8%, sitewide 3.7% Optimism Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 0.8%, sitewide 5.3% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 4.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 0.8%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 2.9%, sitewide 2.7% Hindsight Bias: Author 2.7%, sitewide 1.4% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.8%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 1.9% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 1.5%, sitewide 0.8% Tu Quoque: Author 1.4%, sitewide 0.2% Actor-Observer Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 0.6% Middle Ground: Author 1.1%, sitewide 0.1% Straw Man: Author 0.7%, sitewide 0.9% Primacy Effect: Author 0.5%, sitewide 0.9% Composition/Division: Author 0.8%, sitewide 0.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst