Author summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video1,445 analyzed words
BS Summary: These William R. Hawkins results contain 39 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Appeal to Authority, and Biased Writer Voice, with Politically Right Leaning Bias as the most egregious example at 12.3% saturation with 711 hits. Analysis detected 6,367 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,780 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠56% (2,807 of 6,316 authors). This William R. Hawkins is worse (more manipulative) than 55.60% of the peer group.
William R. Hawkins
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
⁠0%Vivek Chibber1%
⁠0%Sneha Dey1%
⁠0%Ideastream Public Media1%
⁠0%Megan Fan Munce1%
⁠1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
⁠56%William R. Hawkins (selected)3%
⁠100%Greg Rosenstein38%
⁠100%Siham Shamalakh43%
⁠100%Greg Miller54%
⁠100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
⁠100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 5,780
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

56% percentile
025507510055.6% percentile
2.8% BS Score1 analyzed articles5.8K 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 2.4%2.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 4.2%4.2%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Author 12.3%12.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 5.7%5.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 1.1%1.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 0.6%0.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 7.2%7.2%Straw ManSitewide 0.9%Author 4.5%4.5%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Author 0.7%0.7%Out-Group Homogeneity BiasSitewide 3.1%Author 0.5%0.5%

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%Framing Effect: Author 2.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 4.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 5.7%, sitewide 15.9%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Author 12.3%, sitewide 1.4%Appeal to Authority: Author 7.2%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 10.4%, sitewide 8.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 1.1%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 6.3%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 4.2%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 0.6%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Author 6.5%, sitewide 5.3%Optimism Bias: Author 3.4%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Author 4.8%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.1%, sitewide 4.6%Straw Man: Author 4.5%, sitewide 0.9%Anchoring Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 4.0%Slippery Slope: Author 4.0%, sitewide 1.7%Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.5%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 3.0%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 3.1%False Dilemma: Author 3.1%, sitewide 1.5%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 2.1%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Appeal to Nature: Author 2.6%, sitewide 0.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate

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