Author summary
0% 1 analyzed article/video 3,394 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Shaan Merchant results contain 35 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Politically Left Leaning Bias , and Biased Writer Voice , with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 9.9% saturation with 1,346 hits . Analysis detected 5,790 faulty-reasoning hits from 13,576 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1.2% and a BS Rank of 5% (5,903 of 6,171 authors). This Shaan Merchant is better (less manipulative) than 95.70% of the peer group. Shaan Merchant
Author details
Total words: 13,576
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
4% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 4.3% percentile 1.2% BS Score1 analyzed articles13.6K 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 7.6% 7.6% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 2.1% 2.1% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 0.9% 0.9% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 1.2% 1.2% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.3% 0.3% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 1.5% 1.5% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 1.5% 1.5% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 9.9% 9.9% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 0.5% 0.5% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 1.5% 1.5% 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 7.6%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 2.1%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 9.9%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 0.9%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 1.2%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 1.5%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 1.5%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 2.5%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 1.3%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 4.6% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.9%, sitewide 3.3% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 3.2%, sitewide 2.0% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.7%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 1.9% Slippery Slope: Author 0.3%, sitewide 1.7% Begging the Question: 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