Author summary
95% 1 analyzed article/video 232 analyzed words
BS Summary: These VTD Obituaries results contain 14 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect , Biased Writer Voice , and Anecdotal , with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 42.5% saturation with 296 hits . Analysis detected 1,303 faulty-reasoning hits from 696 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 13.4% and a BS Rank of 97% (206 of 6,359 authors). This VTD Obituaries is worse (more manipulative) than 96.80% of the peer group. VTD Obituaries
Author details
Total words: 696
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
97% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 96.8% percentile 13.4% BS Score1 analyzed articles696 analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 40.5% 40.5% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 35.9% 35.9% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 42.5% 42.5% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 10.2% 10.2% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Author 10.5% 10.5% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 13.5% 13.5% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 1.4% 1.4% Attempt to Sell a Product… Sitewide 0.5% Author 6.3% 6.3% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 2.7% 2.7% Loss Aversion Sitewide 2.5% Author 4.9% 4.9% 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% Appeal to Emotion: Author 42.5%, sitewide 15.9% Halo Effect: Author 40.5%, sitewide 6.7% Biased Writer Voice: Author 35.9%, sitewide 5.3% Framing Effect: Author 10.2%, sitewide 26.9% Anecdotal: Author 13.5%, sitewide 5.2% Indoctrination: Author 10.5%, sitewide 0.0% Availability Heuristic: Author 1.4%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 8.2%, sitewide 8.1% In-Group Bias: Author 5.5%, sitewide 6.9% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 6.3%, sitewide 0.5% Optimism Bias: Author 2.7%, sitewide 6.0% Loss Aversion: Author 4.9%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 3.3%, sitewide 2.2% Primacy Effect: Author 1.7%, sitewide 0.9% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst