Author summary
65% 1 analyzed article/video 1,124 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Patrick J. McDonnell results contain 36 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias , Availability Heuristic , and Negativity Bias , with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 10.2% saturation with 460 hits . Analysis detected 4,338 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,496 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.7% and a BS Rank of 52% (3,015 of 6,244 authors). This Patrick J. McDonnell is worse (more manipulative) than 51.70% of the peer group. Patrick J. McDonnell
Author details
Total words: 4,496
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
52% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 51.7% percentile 2.7% BS Score1 analyzed articles4.5K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 1.9% 1.9% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 2.5% 2.5% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 7.7% 7.7% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 0.4% 0.4% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 0.8% 0.8% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Author 4.5% 4.5% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 2.6% 2.6% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias Sitewide 3.1% Author 6.9% 6.9% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Author 1.6% 1.6% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 10.2% 10.2% 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 1.9%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 7.7%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 2.5%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 0.4%, sitewide 11.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 10.2%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 9.3%, sitewide 7.5% Availability Heuristic: Author 8.1%, sitewide 9.1% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 6.9%, sitewide 3.1% In-Group Bias: Author 2.6%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 5.8%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 4.3%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 3.1%, sitewide 5.2% Quote-first Misdirection: Author 4.5%, sitewide 0.0% Anchoring Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 4.0% Ad Hominem: Author 3.8%, sitewide 2.2% Self-Serving Bias: Author 2.3%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.9%, sitewide 3.3% Recency Bias: Author 3.1%, sitewide 2.7% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.9%, sitewide 2.7% Bandwagon: Author 2.1%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.2% False Dilemma: Author 2.0%, sitewide 1.5% Pessimism Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst