Speaker summary
⁠33%1 analyzed article/video497.5 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Pat Donovan results contain 13 faulty reasoning types, including Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, Appeal to Emotion, and Anecdotal, with Overconfidence Bias as the most egregious example at 16.8% saturation with 114 hits. Analysis detected 455 faulty-reasoning hits from 497.5 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 5.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠3% (26,765 of 27,529 speakers). This Pat Donovan is better (less manipulative) than 97.20% of the peer group.
Pat Donovan
Speaker details
Total words: 497.5
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

3% percentile
02550751002.8% percentile
5.2% BS Score1 analyzed videos497.5 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 2.8%2.8%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 16.8%16.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 7.1%7.1%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Speaker 7.5%7.5%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 0.4%0.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 3.4%3.4%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 3.7%3.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 4.1%4.1%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 3.7%3.7%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 5.8%5.8%

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%Framing Effect: Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 26.9%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 16.8%, sitewide 4.6%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 7.1%, sitewide 15.9%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 3.4%, sitewide 8.1%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 7.5%, sitewide 0.5%Anecdotal: Speaker 6.0%, sitewide 5.2%Optimism Bias: Speaker 0.4%, sitewide 6.0%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 5.8%, sitewide 3.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 4.1%, sitewide 0.8%False Dilemma: Speaker 3.7%, sitewide 1.5%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 3.7%, sitewide 0.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 3.4%, sitewide 1.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 3.3%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos