Author summary
17% 5 analyzed articles/videos 6,885 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Alex Burness results contain 41 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice , Politically Left Leaning Bias , and Negativity Bias , with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 4.5% saturation with 1,424 hits . Analysis detected 11,380 faulty-reasoning hits from 31,596 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 0.9% and a BS Rank of 4% (8,760 of 9,071 authors). This Alex Burness is better (less manipulative) than 96.60% of the peer group. Alex Burness
Author details
Total words: 31,596
Article count: 5
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
3% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 3.4% percentile 0.9% BS Score5 analyzed articles31.6K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 4.5% 4.5% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 3.6% 3.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 2.6% 2.6% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 1.2% 1.2% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 1.0% 1.0% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 1.2% 1.2% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.1% 0.1% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 0.9% 0.9% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.1% 0.1% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 1.0% 1.0% 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 4.5%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 3.6%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 2.6%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 1.2%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 1.0%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 1.2%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 0.9%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 0.1%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Author 1.0%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 4.3%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 1.4%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 4.6% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 3.8%, sitewide 2.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 0.7%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.9%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.6%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst