Author summary
0% 3 analyzed articles/videos 4,184 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Tovia Smith results contain 42 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Halo Effect , and Negativity Bias , with Anecdotal as the most egregious example at 6.7% saturation with 1,040 hits . Analysis detected 11,107 faulty-reasoning hits from 15,472 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of 20% (5,279 of 6,576 authors). This Tovia Smith is better (less manipulative) than 80.30% of the peer group. Tovia Smith
Author details
Total words: 15,472
Article count: 3
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
20% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 19.7% percentile 1.7% BS Score3 analyzed articles15.5K 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 6.1% 6.1% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 5.3% 5.3% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 5.0% 5.0% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 1.3% 1.3% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.7% 0.7% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 3.0% 3.0% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 0.9% 0.9% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 5.0% 5.0% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 4.2% 4.2% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 1.4% 1.4% 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 6.1%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 5.3%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 5.0%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 1.3%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 5.0%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 3.0%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 4.2%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 5.4%, sitewide 6.7% Anecdotal: Author 6.7%, sitewide 5.2% Optimism Bias: Author 5.2%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 0.9%, sitewide 5.3% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 3.3%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 1.8%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 1.3%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 1.3%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst