Author summary
0%4 analyzed articles/videos1,620 analyzed words
BS Summary: These William Vaillancourt results contain 40 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Biased Writer Voice, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 15.3% saturation with 1,208 hits. Analysis detected 9,779 faulty-reasoning hits from 7,876 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.1% and a BS Rank of 62% (2,537 of 6,628 authors). This William Vaillancourt is worse (more manipulative) than 61.70% of the peer group.
William Vaillancourt
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Jacob Owens1%
1%Megan Fan Munce1%
62%William Vaillancourt (selected)4%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 7,876
Article count: 4
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

62% percentile
025507510061.7% percentile
3.1% BS Score4 analyzed articles7.9K 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 10.8%10.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 8.4%8.4%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Author 8.2%8.2%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Author 6.5%6.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 0.9%0.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Author 0.6%0.6%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Author 4.9%4.9%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Author 9.5%9.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 15.3%15.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 7.5%7.5%

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 10.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 15.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 8.4%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 7.5%, sitewide 11.1%Biased Writer Voice: Author 9.5%, sitewide 5.3%Availability Heuristic: Author 6.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 8.4%, sitewide 8.1%Unattributed Quote: Author 8.2%, sitewide 1.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 4.6%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 3.1%, sitewide 6.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Author 6.5%, sitewide 0.0%Optimism Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Author 3.3%, sitewide 5.2%Burden of Proof: Author 4.9%, sitewide 0.4%Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 0.9%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 1.6%, sitewide 2.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 2.5%, sitewide 0.8%Ad Hominem: Author 2.3%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate