Author summary
28% 1 analyzed article/video 949 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Sarah Trafton results contain 29 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias , Negativity Bias , and Appeal to Authority , with Unattributed Quote as the most egregious example at 8.4% saturation with 318 hits . Analysis detected 2,391 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,796 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.2% and a BS Rank of 48% (4,662 of 8,965 authors). This Sarah Trafton is better (less manipulative) than 52.00% of the peer group. Sarah Trafton
Author details
Total words: 3,796
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
48% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 48.0% percentile 2.2% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.8K 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 1.8% 1.8% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 6.1% 6.1% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Author 8.4% 8.4% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.3% 2.3% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 5.4% 5.4% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 1.4% 1.4% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 1.3% 1.3% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 2.8% 2.8% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Author 0.5% 0.5% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 4.9% 4.9% 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 1.8%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 6.1%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Authority: Author 5.4%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.3%, sitewide 9.1% Unattributed Quote: Author 8.4%, sitewide 1.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 4.9%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 7.5%, sitewide 7.5% Halo Effect: Author 2.8%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 2.9%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 1.3%, sitewide 5.2% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.2%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.7% Begging the Question: Author 2.3%, sitewide 1.7% Status Quo Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.2% Quote-first Misdirection: Author 2.0%, sitewide 0.0% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.4%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 1.9% Indoctrination: Author 1.4%, sitewide 0.0% No True Scotsman: Author 1.4%, sitewide 0.1% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst