Author summary
31% 5 analyzed articles/videos 1,528 analyzed words
BS Summary: These QCity Metro Staff results contain 32 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Appeal to Emotion , and Optimism Bias , with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 14.1% saturation with 880 hits . Analysis detected 3,729 faulty-reasoning hits from 6,246 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of 26% (4,951 of 6,628 authors). This QCity Metro Staff is better (less manipulative) than 74.70% of the peer group. QCity Metro Staff
Author details
Total words: 6,246
Article count: 5
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
25% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 25.3% percentile 1.9% BS Score5 analyzed articles6.2K 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 6.5% 6.5% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 0.7% 0.7% Attempt to Sell a Product… Sitewide 0.5% Author 14.1% 14.1% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 5.8% 5.8% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 2.4% 2.4% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.4% 2.4% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.4% 0.4% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 2.3% 2.3% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 1.8% 1.8% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 0.2% 0.2% 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 6.5%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 5.8%, sitewide 15.9% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 14.1%, sitewide 0.5% Appeal to Authority: Author 2.4%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.4%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 2.3%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 1.8%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 2.4%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 4.8%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.6%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 1.4%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.4%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 3.1% Indoctrination: Author 3.1%, sitewide 0.0% Recency Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 1.4%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.5%, sitewide 1.9% False Dilemma: Author 0.4%, sitewide 1.5% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst