Author summary
0%1 analyzed article/video656 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Melissa James results contain 17 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Availability Heuristic, and Biased Writer Voice, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 20.5% saturation with 269 hits. Analysis detected 1,721 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,312 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 7.7% and a BS Rank of 92% (553 of 6,628 authors). This Melissa James is worse (more manipulative) than 91.70% of the peer group.
Melissa James
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Jacob Owens1%
1%Megan Fan Munce1%
92%Melissa James (selected)8%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 1,312
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

92% percentile
025507510091.7% percentile
7.7% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.3K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

AuthorSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Author 4.2%4.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 5.9%5.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 20.2%20.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 6.1%6.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 20.5%20.5%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 12.0%12.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 14.3%14.3%Appeal to NatureSitewide 0.2%Author 4.7%4.7%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Author 9.0%9.0%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Author 3.1%3.1%

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 4.2%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 20.5%, sitewide 11.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 20.2%, sitewide 7.5%Negativity Bias: Author 5.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 6.1%, sitewide 15.9%Availability Heuristic: Author 14.3%, sitewide 9.1%Biased Writer Voice: Author 12.0%, sitewide 5.3%Hasty Generalization: Author 9.8%, sitewide 8.1%Anecdotal: Author 9.0%, sitewide 5.2%Halo Effect: Author 7.7%, sitewide 6.7%Bandwagon: Author 5.0%, sitewide 2.2%Appeal to Nature: Author 4.7%, sitewide 0.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.8%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.6%, sitewide 3.3%Indoctrination: Author 3.1%, sitewide 0.0%False Dilemma: Author 2.4%, sitewide 1.5%Begging the Question: Author 1.8%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

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