Author summary
0%2 analyzed articles/videos3,405 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Mark Olsen results contain 41 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect, Appeal to Emotion, and Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 31.7% saturation with 3,918 hits. Analysis detected 16,842 faulty-reasoning hits from 12,355 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.3% and a BS Rank of 66% (2,199 of 6,359 authors). This Mark Olsen is worse (more manipulative) than 65.40% of the peer group.
Mark Olsen
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
66%Mark Olsen (selected)4%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 12,355
Article count: 2
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

65% percentile
025507510065.4% percentile
3.3% BS Score2 analyzed articles12.4K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

AuthorSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 31.7%31.7%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Author 1.6%1.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 25.8%25.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 3.3%3.3%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Author 10.8%10.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 1.2%1.2%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 1.6%1.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 10.8%10.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 6.8%6.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 4.8%4.8%

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%Biased Writer Voice: Author 31.7%, sitewide 5.3%Framing Effect: Author 1.6%, sitewide 26.9%Halo Effect: Author 25.8%, sitewide 6.7%Negativity Bias: Author 3.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 10.8%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 6.8%, sitewide 11.1%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 10.8%, sitewide 0.5%Availability Heuristic: Author 4.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 5.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Author 5.1%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Author 3.3%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.6%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 0.7%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 2.3%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Author 2.0%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Indoctrination: Author 2.0%, sitewide 0.0%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.0%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos