Speaker summary
⁠53%4 analyzed articles/videos173.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Donald Prater results contain 9 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Appeal to Authority, and Quote-first Misdirection, with Overconfidence Bias as the most egregious example at 37.1% saturation with 117 hits. Analysis detected 452.344 faulty-reasoning hits from 173.667 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 18.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠29% (20,213 of 28,364 speakers). This Donald Prater is better (less manipulative) than 71.30% of the peer group.
Donald Prater
Speaker details
Total words: 173.667
Article count: 4
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

29% percentile
025507510028.7% percentile
18.2% BS Score4 analyzed videos173.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 37.1%37.1%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 27.9%27.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 33.2%33.2%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 17.8%17.8%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 10.8%10.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 20.6%20.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 1.6%1.6%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Speaker 4.1%4.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 10.8%10.8%

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%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 37.1%, sitewide 4.6%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 33.2%, sitewide 7.5%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 27.9%, sitewide 1.1%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 20.6%, sitewide 11.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 17.8%, sitewide 0.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 10.8%, sitewide 0.8%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 10.8%, sitewide 8.1%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 1.6%, sitewide 9.1%Burden of Proof: Speaker 4.1%, sitewide 0.4%Overconfidence BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos