Author summary
0%1 analyzed article/video473 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Simone McCandless results contain 22 faulty reasoning types, including Anecdotal, Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, and Framing Effect, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 12.4% saturation with 235 hits. Analysis detected 1,488 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,892 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.6% and a BS Rank of 70% (1,922 of 6,244 authors). This Simone McCandless is worse (more manipulative) than 69.20% of the peer group.
Simone McCandless
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
70%Simone McCandless (selected)4%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 1,892
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

69% percentile
025507510069.2% percentile
3.6% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.9K 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 6.9%6.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 5.5%5.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 2.8%2.8%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Author 8.6%8.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 1.9%1.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 4.5%4.5%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Author 11.5%11.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 2.0%2.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 12.4%12.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 3.7%3.7%

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 6.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 5.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 2.8%, sitewide 15.9%Hasty Generalization: Author 12.4%, sitewide 8.1%Anecdotal: Author 11.5%, sitewide 5.2%Appeal to Authority: Author 4.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 1.9%, sitewide 9.1%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 8.6%, sitewide 0.5%Confirmation Bias: Author 3.7%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Author 2.0%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 3.3%, sitewide 6.0%Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 4.2%, sitewide 3.3%Indoctrination: Author 3.2%, sitewide 0.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.7%Pessimism Bias: Author 2.1%, sitewide 1.9%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.3%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Author 1.1%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Author 0.6%, sitewide 1.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 1.1%, sitewide 0.8%Appeal to Nature: Author 1.1%, sitewide 0.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

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