Author summary
36%6 analyzed articles/videos3,460 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Sharon Mai results contain 39 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Halo Effect, and Unattributed Quote, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 7.4% saturation with 1,116 hits. Analysis detected 9,763 faulty-reasoning hits from 15,085 analyzed words across 6 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of 18% (5,151 of 6,271 authors). This Sharon Mai is better (less manipulative) than 82.10% of the peer group.
Sharon Mai
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
18%Sharon Mai (selected)2%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 15,085
Article count: 6
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

18% percentile
025507510017.9% percentile
1.7% BS Score6 analyzed articles15.1K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

AuthorSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Author 3.8%3.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 4.1%4.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 0.4%0.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 6.5%6.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 1.5%1.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 0.6%0.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 0.3%0.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 1.9%1.9%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Author 0.8%0.8%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Author 4.5%4.5%

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 3.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 4.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 6.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 0.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 1.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 1.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 7.5%Biased Writer Voice: Author 7.4%, sitewide 5.3%In-Group Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 5.1%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 2.9%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Author 1.8%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 4.6%Unattributed Quote: Author 4.5%, sitewide 1.1%Anchoring Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Author 3.1%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.4%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 2.7%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 1.1%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate