Author summary
0%1 analyzed article/video875 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Melissa Jacobs results contain 37 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Confirmation Bias, and Negativity Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 30.9% saturation with 1,082 hits. Analysis detected 5,051 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,500 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.9% and a BS Rank of 74% (1,726 of 6,628 authors). This Melissa Jacobs is worse (more manipulative) than 74.00% of the peer group.
Melissa Jacobs
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Jacob Owens1%
1%Megan Fan Munce1%
74%Melissa Jacobs (selected)4%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 3,500
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

74% percentile
025507510074.0% percentile
3.9% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.5K 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 30.9%30.9%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Author 5.1%5.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 22.6%22.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 3.9%3.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 7.8%7.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 2.2%2.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 3.8%3.8%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 2.8%2.8%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Author 1.1%1.1%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Author 4.5%4.5%

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 30.9%, sitewide 5.3%Framing Effect: Author 5.1%, sitewide 26.9%Hasty Generalization: Author 22.6%, sitewide 8.1%Negativity Bias: Author 7.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 3.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 2.2%, sitewide 11.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 10.1%, sitewide 7.5%Availability Heuristic: Author 3.8%, sitewide 9.1%In-Group Bias: Author 2.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 5.7%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 3.1%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Author 3.0%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 4.6%False Dilemma: Author 4.5%, sitewide 1.5%Pessimism Bias: Author 3.9%, sitewide 1.9%Status Quo Bias: Author 3.9%, sitewide 2.2%Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.1%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.7%, sitewide 2.7%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 2.7%, sitewide 2.0%Recency Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.7%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 2.4%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Author 2.4%, sitewide 1.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide rateAuthor rate

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