Author summary
0%1 analyzed article/video
BS Summary: These Paul Vaitkus results contain 19 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Halo Effect, and Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 33% saturation with 210 hits. Analysis detected 1,302 faulty-reasoning hits from 636 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 0% and a BS Rank of 0% (0 of 6,629 authors). This Paul Vaitkus is better (less manipulative) than 100.00% of the peer group.
Paul Vaitkus
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Jacob Owens1%
1%Megan Fan Munce1%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
0%Paul Vaitkus (selected)0%
Author details
Total words: 636
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

0% percentile
02550751000.0% percentile
0.0% BS Score1 analyzed articles636 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 33.0%33.0%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Author 6.8%6.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 29.4%29.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 24.4%24.4%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Author 17.0%17.0%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Author 15.6%15.6%BandwagonSitewide 2.2%Author 15.7%15.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 10.4%10.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 10.4%10.4%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 2.2%2.2%

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%Biased Writer Voice: Author 33.0%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Author 29.4%, sitewide 11.1%Framing Effect: Author 6.8%, sitewide 26.9%Halo Effect: Author 24.4%, sitewide 6.7%Negativity Bias: Author 10.4%, sitewide 19.2%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 17.0%, sitewide 0.5%Appeal to Emotion: Author 10.4%, sitewide 15.9%Bandwagon: Author 15.7%, sitewide 2.2%Slippery Slope: Author 15.6%, sitewide 1.7%Availability Heuristic: Author 9.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 4.4%, sitewide 8.1%Optimism Bias: Author 7.9%, sitewide 6.0%In-Group Bias: Author 2.2%, sitewide 6.9%Anecdotal: Author 2.5%, sitewide 5.2%Pessimism Bias: Author 5.2%, sitewide 1.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 5.2%, sitewide 3.3%Unattributed Quote: Author 2.5%, sitewide 1.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 1.6%, sitewide 0.8%Straw Man: Author 0.8%, sitewide 0.9%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide rateAuthor rate

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