Author summary
58% 1 analyzed article/video 852 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Steven Oxman results contain 29 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect , Negativity Bias , and Appeal to Authority , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 41.3% saturation with 1,408 hits . Analysis detected 3,511 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,408 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.6% and a BS Rank of 70% (2,038 of 6,628 authors). This Steven Oxman is worse (more manipulative) than 69.30% of the peer group. Steven Oxman
Author details
Total words: 3,408
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
69% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 69.3% percentile 3.6% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.4K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 41.3% 41.3% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 1.6% 1.6% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 6.2% 6.2% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 3.0% 3.0% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 4.0% 4.0% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 1.2% 1.2% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 13.2% 13.2% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 3.0% 3.0% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 3.8% 3.8% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Author 0.6% 0.6% 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% Biased Writer Voice: Author 41.3%, sitewide 5.3% Framing Effect: Author 1.6%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 6.2%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 3.0%, sitewide 15.9% Halo Effect: Author 13.2%, sitewide 6.7% Appeal to Authority: Author 4.0%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 3.0%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 1.2%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 3.8%, sitewide 7.5% Anecdotal: Author 3.0%, sitewide 5.2% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 3.5%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.9%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 2.7% Quote-first Misdirection: Author 2.4%, sitewide 0.0% Primacy Effect: Author 2.1%, sitewide 0.9% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.3%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 1.9% Composition/Division: Author 1.6%, sitewide 0.2% False Dilemma: Author 0.6%, sitewide 1.5% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 1.2%, sitewide 0.8% Unattributed Quote: Author 0.7%, sitewide 1.1% Circular Reasoning: Author 1.0%, sitewide 0.1% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst