Author summary
0%2 analyzed articles/videos2,954 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Tracie McMillan results contain 41 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Anecdotal, and Appeal to Authority, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 9.1% saturation with 1,504 hits. Analysis detected 8,962 faulty-reasoning hits from 16,478 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.3% and a BS Rank of 7% (5,823 of 6,260 authors). This Tracie McMillan is better (less manipulative) than 93.00% of the peer group.
Tracie McMillan
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
7%Tracie McMillan (selected)2%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 16,478
Article count: 2
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

7% percentile
02550751007.0% percentile
1.3% BS Score2 analyzed articles16.5K 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 9.1%9.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 1.9%1.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 7.7%7.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 0.3%0.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 4.1%4.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 1.0%1.0%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 0.3%0.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 2.1%2.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 2.9%2.9%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Author 0.4%0.4%

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 9.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 7.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 1.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 4.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 0.3%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 2.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 2.1%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Author 1.0%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Author 2.4%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Author 4.5%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.1%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 3.1%Recency Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Author 1.2%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 0.0%, sitewide 2.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 2.0%, sitewide 0.8%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.6%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos