Author summary
0% 1 analyzed article/video 1,523 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Scott Cohn results contain 36 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Biased Writer Voice , and Appeal to Authority , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 15.2% saturation with 924 hits . Analysis detected 5,303 faulty-reasoning hits from 6,092 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.4% and a BS Rank of 45% (3,461 of 6,244 authors). This Scott Cohn is better (less manipulative) than 55.40% of the peer group. Scott Cohn
Author details
Total words: 6,092
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
45% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 44.6% percentile 2.4% BS Score1 analyzed articles6.1K 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 9.4% 9.4% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 2.6% 2.6% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.7% 0.7% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 3.3% 3.3% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 0.4% 0.4% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 1.3% 1.3% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 0.4% 0.4% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 15.2% 15.2% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 7.1% 7.1% Politically Left Leaning … Sitewide 2.0% Author 5.9% 5.9% 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 9.4%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 15.2%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 2.6%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 7.1%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 3.3%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 5.4%, sitewide 8.1% Biased Writer Voice: Author 7.9%, sitewide 5.3% Confirmation Bias: Author 4.7%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 6.9% Optimism Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 6.0% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 5.9%, sitewide 2.0% Anecdotal: Author 0.4%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 3.0%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.8%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.3%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.7% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 2.6%, sitewide 0.8% Unattributed Quote: Author 2.3%, sitewide 1.1% Ad Hominem: Author 1.2%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 1.5%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 1.9% Slippery Slope: Author 0.9%, sitewide 1.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst