Author summary
30%1 analyzed article/video218 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Nancy Gay results contain 15 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Biased Writer Voice, and Appeal to Authority, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 22% saturation with 144 hits. Analysis detected 539 faulty-reasoning hits from 654 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 5.5% and a BS Rank of 86% (926 of 6,387 authors). This Nancy Gay is worse (more manipulative) than 85.50% of the peer group.
Nancy Gay
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
86%Nancy Gay (selected)6%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 654
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

86% percentile
025507510085.5% percentile
5.5% BS Score1 analyzed articles654 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

AuthorSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 1.8%1.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 5.2%5.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 3.2%3.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 2.5%2.5%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Author 22.0%22.0%Primacy EffectSitewide 0.9%Author 4.7%4.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 7.5%7.5%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Author 2.5%2.5%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Author 3.8%3.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 17.4%17.4%

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 22.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 17.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 1.8%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 5.2%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 3.2%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 2.5%, sitewide 7.5%Biased Writer Voice: Author 7.5%, sitewide 5.3%Primacy Effect: Author 4.7%, sitewide 0.9%Anchoring Bias: Author 3.8%, sitewide 4.0%Pessimism Bias: Author 3.8%, sitewide 1.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.7%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 2.6%, sitewide 2.7%Burden of Proof: Author 2.5%, sitewide 0.4%Unattributed Quote: Author 2.5%, sitewide 1.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 1.2%, sitewide 0.8%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

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