Author summary
26% 24 analyzed articles/videos 9,474 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Scott McClallen results contain 47 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Framing Effect , and Politically Right Leaning Bias , with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 10.2% saturation with 5,301 hits . Analysis detected 43,331 faulty-reasoning hits from 51,907 analyzed words across 24 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of 22% (4,811 of 6,170 authors). This Scott McClallen is better (less manipulative) than 78.00% of the peer group. Scott McClallen
Author details
Total words: 51,907
Article count: 24
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
22% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 22.0% percentile 1.8% BS Score24 analyzed articles51.9K 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 7.3% 7.3% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 8.3% 8.3% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 1.5% 1.5% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 4.3% 4.3% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 2.1% 2.1% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 10.2% 10.2% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 2.2% 2.2% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 0.8% 0.8% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 1.5% 1.5% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% 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 7.3%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 8.3%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 10.2%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 4.3%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 1.5%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 2.1%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 2.2%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 3.0%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 1.5%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 6.0% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Author 5.5%, sitewide 1.4% Biased Writer Voice: Author 5.3%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 0.2%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 4.0% Indoctrination: Author 4.0%, sitewide 0.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 2.0%, sitewide 3.7% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 3.6%, sitewide 0.5% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.5%, sitewide 3.3% Quote-first Misdirection: Author 3.2%, sitewide 0.0% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.9%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.5% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst