Author summary
74% 2 analyzed articles/videos 392 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Ronald Bailey results contain 34 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Biased Writer Voice , and Confirmation Bias , with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 14.7% saturation with 335 hits . Analysis detected 2,626 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,279 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.4% and a BS Rank of 67% (2,134 of 6,362 authors). This Ronald Bailey is worse (more manipulative) than 66.50% of the peer group. Ronald Bailey
Author details
Total words: 2,279
Article count: 2
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
67% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 66.5% percentile 3.4% BS Score2 analyzed articles2.3K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 5.6% 5.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 6.4% 6.4% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 12.7% 12.7% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.4% 0.4% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 11.5% 11.5% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 1.0% 1.0% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 5.0% 5.0% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 14.7% 14.7% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 2.2% 2.2% Composition/Division Sitewide 0.2% Author 3.0% 3.0% 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 5.6%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 12.7%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 6.4%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 14.7%, sitewide 11.1% Biased Writer Voice: Author 11.5%, sitewide 5.3% Availability Heuristic: Author 5.0%, sitewide 9.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 8.3%, sitewide 7.5% Hasty Generalization: Author 7.6%, sitewide 8.1% In-Group Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 1.0%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 5.1%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Author 2.2%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.9%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 2.4%, sitewide 4.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.2%, sitewide 3.3% Recency Bias: Author 3.2%, sitewide 2.7% Composition/Division: Author 3.0%, sitewide 0.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 3.0%, sitewide 1.9% False Dilemma: Author 2.9%, sitewide 1.5% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.2%, sitewide 2.7% Bandwagon: Author 0.9%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 2.2% Burden of Proof: Author 2.2%, sitewide 0.4% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst