Author summary
11%1 analyzed article/video384 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Sonia Rao results contain 13 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Halo Effect, and Anecdotal, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 10.2% saturation with 118 hits. Analysis detected 565 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,152 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.8% and a BS Rank of 72% (1,724 of 6,162 authors). This Sonia Rao is worse (more manipulative) than 72.00% of the peer group.
Sonia Rao
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
72%Sonia Rao (selected)4%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 1,152
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

72% percentile
025507510072.0% percentile
3.8% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.2K 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 0.3%0.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 2.7%2.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 1.6%1.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 7.8%7.8%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 0.3%0.3%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 10.2%10.2%BandwagonSitewide 2.2%Author 0.3%0.3%Representativeness Heuris…Sitewide 1.9%Author 3.7%3.7%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Author 0.9%0.9%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Author 6.9%6.9%

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 0.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 2.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 7.8%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 1.6%, sitewide 11.1%Biased Writer Voice: Author 10.2%, sitewide 5.3%Halo Effect: Author 7.2%, sitewide 6.7%In-Group Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 6.9%Anecdotal: Author 6.9%, sitewide 5.2%Optimism Bias: Author 6.0%, sitewide 6.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 3.7%, sitewide 1.9%Recency Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Hindsight Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 1.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

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