Author summary
85% 1 analyzed article/video 1,483 analyzed words
BS Summary: These William C. Anderson results contain 35 faulty reasoning types, including Indoctrination , Negativity Bias , and Appeal to Emotion , with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 17.8% saturation with 1,055 hits . Analysis detected 6,327 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,932 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3% and a BS Rank of 69% (2,668 of 8,369 authors). This William C. Anderson is worse (more manipulative) than 68.10% of the peer group. William C. Anderson
Author details
Total words: 5,932
Article count: 1
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
68% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 68.1% percentile 3.0% BS Score1 analyzed articles5.9K 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 3.4% 3.4% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Author 14.8% 14.8% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 9.2% 9.2% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 17.8% 17.8% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 2.3% 2.3% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 8.5% 8.5% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 1.8% 1.8% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.6% 0.6% Politically Left Leaning … Sitewide 2.0% Author 7.5% 7.5% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 1.2% 1.2% 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 3.4%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 9.2%, sitewide 19.2% Hasty Generalization: Author 17.8%, sitewide 8.1% Appeal to Emotion: Author 8.5%, sitewide 15.9% Indoctrination: Author 14.8%, sitewide 0.0% Appeal to Authority: Author 2.3%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 1.8%, sitewide 9.1% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 7.5%, sitewide 2.0% Confirmation Bias: Author 3.6%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 6.9% Optimism Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 3.8%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 1.4%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 4.6% Slippery Slope: Author 4.3%, sitewide 1.7% Pessimism Bias: Author 4.2%, sitewide 1.9% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.7%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.3%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 2.7% Quote-first Misdirection: Author 2.6%, sitewide 0.0% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 2.5%, sitewide 0.8% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst