Speaker summary
77% 1 analyzed article/video 237 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Rand Siegfried results contain 13 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Availability Heuristic , and Appeal to Emotion , with Anecdotal as the most egregious example at 18.4% saturation with 69 hits . Analysis detected 429.316 faulty-reasoning hits from 237 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 10.3% and a BS Rank of 13% (24,917 of 28,364 speakers). This Rand Siegfried is better (less manipulative) than 87.80% of the peer group. Rand Siegfried
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Total words: 237
Article count: 1
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Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
12% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 12.2% percentile 10.3% BS Score1 analyzed videos237 analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Speaker 18.4% 18.4% Burden of Proof Sitewide 0.4% Speaker 9.1% 9.1% Pessimism Bias Sitewide 1.9% Speaker 10.2% 10.2% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Speaker 14.0% 14.0% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Speaker 25.9% 25.9% Ambiguity (Equivocation) Sitewide 0.8% Speaker 7.2% 7.2% Hindsight Bias Sitewide 1.4% Speaker 7.2% 7.2% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Speaker 10.2% 10.2% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Speaker 5.9% 5.9% Representativeness Heuris… Sitewide 1.9% Speaker 5.9% 5.9% 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% Negativity Bias: Speaker 25.9%, sitewide 19.2% Anecdotal: Speaker 18.4%, sitewide 5.2% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 10.2%, sitewide 15.9% Halo Effect: Speaker 14.0%, sitewide 6.7% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 5.9%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 11.0%, sitewide 9.1% Pessimism Bias: Speaker 10.2%, sitewide 1.9% Burden of Proof: Speaker 9.1%, sitewide 0.4% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 7.2%, sitewide 0.8% Hindsight Bias: Speaker 7.2%, sitewide 1.4% Optimism Bias: Speaker 3.7%, sitewide 6.0% Anchoring Bias: Speaker 5.9%, sitewide 4.0% Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 5.9%, sitewide 1.9% Negativity Bias Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst