Author summary
31%5 analyzed articles/videos3,046 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Susan Krauss Whitbourne PhD results contain 40 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias, Indoctrination, and Appeal to Authority, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 10.6% saturation with 2,553 hits. Analysis detected 15,382 faulty-reasoning hits from 24,153 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.6% and a BS Rank of 16% (5,378 of 6,369 authors). This Susan Krauss Whitbourne PhD is better (less manipulative) than 84.40% of the peer group.
Susan Krauss Whitbourne PhD
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
16%Susan Krauss Whitbourne PhD (selected)2%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 24,153
Article count: 5
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

16% percentile
025507510015.6% percentile
1.6% BS Score5 analyzed articles24.2K 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 1.4%1.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 2.7%2.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 1.2%1.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 1.0%1.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 4.0%4.0%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 0.3%0.3%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Author 6.1%6.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 2.5%2.5%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 1.5%1.5%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Author 0.3%0.3%

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 1.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 2.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 1.2%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 4.0%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 10.6%, sitewide 8.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 1.0%, sitewide 9.1%Optimism Bias: Author 8.3%, sitewide 6.0%Confirmation Bias: Author 2.5%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 6.9%Indoctrination: Author 6.1%, sitewide 0.0%Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.5%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Author 1.6%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.0%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.2%, sitewide 3.3%False Dilemma: Author 3.2%, sitewide 1.5%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 2.8%, sitewide 1.9%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Author 0.7%, sitewide 2.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 2.5%, sitewide 0.8%Status Quo Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Unattributed Quote: Author 1.9%, sitewide 1.1%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate