Author summary
84%1 analyzed article/video338 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Travis Andersen results contain 20 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect, Biased Writer Voice, and Appeal to Emotion, with Unattributed Quote as the most egregious example at 46.5% saturation with 472 hits. Analysis detected 1,392 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,014 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 6.9% and a BS Rank of 90% (662 of 6,628 authors). This Travis Andersen is worse (more manipulative) than 90.00% of the peer group.
Travis Andersen
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Jacob Owens1%
1%Megan Fan Munce1%
90%Travis Andersen (selected)7%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 1,014
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

90% percentile
025507510090.0% percentile
6.9% BS Score1 analyzed articles1K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

AuthorSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Author 46.5%46.5%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Author 3.0%3.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 26.2%26.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 2.4%2.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 6.8%6.8%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 13.6%13.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 3.0%3.0%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 2.4%2.4%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 2.0%2.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 5.5%5.5%

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%Unattributed Quote: Author 46.5%, sitewide 1.1%Framing Effect: Author 3.0%, sitewide 26.9%Halo Effect: Author 26.2%, sitewide 6.7%Negativity Bias: Author 2.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 6.8%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Author 13.6%, sitewide 5.3%Availability Heuristic: Author 5.5%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 3.0%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 2.4%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Author 2.0%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Author 2.6%, sitewide 5.2%Self-Serving Bias: Author 3.1%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 3.0%, sitewide 3.3%False Dilemma: Author 3.1%, sitewide 1.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 3.0%, sitewide 0.8%Quote-first Misdirection: Author 3.0%, sitewide 0.0%Hindsight Bias: Author 2.7%, sitewide 1.4%Pessimism Bias: Author 2.5%, sitewide 1.9%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 2.2%, sitewide 1.9%Indoctrination: Author 1.1%, sitewide 0.0%Unattributed QuoteSitewide rateAuthor rate

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