Author summary
71% 1 analyzed article/video 1,912 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Theresa MacPhail results contain 43 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Post Hoc (False Cause) , and Appeal to Authority , with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 17.1% saturation with 1,307 hits . Analysis detected 7,399 faulty-reasoning hits from 7,648 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.2% and a BS Rank of 40% (3,996 of 6,628 authors). This Theresa MacPhail is better (less manipulative) than 60.30% of the peer group. Theresa MacPhail
Author details
Total words: 7,648
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
40% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 39.7% percentile 2.2% BS Score1 analyzed articles7.6K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 5.3% 5.3% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 2.5% 2.5% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 7.0% 7.0% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 17.1% 17.1% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 1.1% 1.1% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 1.6% 1.6% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 6.1% 6.1% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 5.0% 5.0% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Author 0.5% 0.5% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 2.6% 2.6% 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% Framing Effect: Author 5.3%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 7.0%, sitewide 19.2% Hasty Generalization: Author 17.1%, sitewide 8.1% Appeal to Emotion: Author 2.5%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 6.1%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 5.0%, sitewide 9.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 5.6%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 1.1%, sitewide 6.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 6.2%, sitewide 3.3% Optimism Bias: Author 2.6%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 3.0%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 4.0%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.0%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 3.7% False Dilemma: Author 3.6%, sitewide 1.5% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.3%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.5% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 2.3%, sitewide 0.8% Bandwagon: Author 1.3%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Author 1.0%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst