Author summary
0% 10 analyzed articles/videos 4,791 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Melanie Lidman results contain 45 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Post Hoc (False Cause) , and Appeal to Authority , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 8.7% saturation with 2,996 hits . Analysis detected 20,817 faulty-reasoning hits from 34,367 analyzed words across 10 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.3% and a BS Rank of 8% (5,738 of 6,195 authors). This Melanie Lidman is better (less manipulative) than 92.60% of the peer group. Melanie Lidman
Author details
Total words: 34,367
Article count: 10
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
7% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 7.4% percentile 1.3% BS Score10 analyzed articles34.4K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 8.2% 8.2% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 2.4% 2.4% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 8.7% 8.7% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 3.4% 3.4% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.1% 2.1% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.5% 0.5% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 1.3% 1.3% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 1.9% 1.9% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 1.0% 1.0% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 1.7% 1.7% 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 8.2%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 8.7%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 2.4%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 3.4%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.1%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 1.9%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 0.5%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 1.7%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.9%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 1.3%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 4.6% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 4.6%, sitewide 3.3% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 2.8%, sitewide 3.7% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.5%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst