Author summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video
BS Summary: These McKenzie Beard results contain 30 faulty reasoning types, including Anecdotal, Hasty Generalization, and Appeal to Authority, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 19.8% saturation with 383 hits. Analysis detected 3,128 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,935 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 0% and a BS Rank of ⁠0% (0 of 6,347 authors). This McKenzie Beard is better (less manipulative) than 100.00% of the peer group.
McKenzie Beard
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
⁠0%Vivek Chibber1%
⁠0%Sneha Dey1%
⁠0%Ideastream Public Media1%
⁠0%Megan Fan Munce1%
⁠1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
⁠100%Greg Rosenstein38%
⁠100%Siham Shamalakh43%
⁠100%Greg Miller54%
⁠100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
⁠100%Bill Radke60%
⁠0%McKenzie Beard (selected)0%
Author details
Total words: 1,935
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

0% percentile
02550751000.0% percentile
0.0% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.9K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

AuthorSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Author 19.8%19.8%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Author 11.1%11.1%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Author 18.9%18.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 7.0%7.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 4.5%4.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 17.6%17.6%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 12.3%12.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 0.9%0.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 13.4%13.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 1.0%1.0%

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 11.1%, sitewide 26.9%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 19.8%, sitewide 0.5%Negativity Bias: Author 7.0%, sitewide 19.2%Anecdotal: Author 18.9%, sitewide 5.2%Hasty Generalization: Author 17.6%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Emotion: Author 4.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 15.9%, sitewide 11.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 13.4%, sitewide 7.5%Optimism Bias: Author 12.3%, sitewide 6.0%Availability Heuristic: Author 4.3%, sitewide 9.1%In-Group Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 1.0%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Author 2.1%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Author 3.3%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Author 2.1%, sitewide 3.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Author 3.5%, sitewide 0.0%Bandwagon: Author 3.4%, sitewide 2.2%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.7%, sitewide 3.3%Appeal to Nature: Author 3.2%, sitewide 0.2%Recency Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Status Quo Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 2.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 2.1%, sitewide 0.8%Pessimism Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

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