Author summary
63% 2 analyzed articles/videos 2,760 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Ben Ashford results contain 44 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice , Framing Effect , and Confirmation Bias , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 22% saturation with 3,008 hits . Analysis detected 13,769 faulty-reasoning hits from 13,680 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.3% and a BS Rank of 52% (4,322 of 8,832 authors). This Ben Ashford is worse (more manipulative) than 51.10% of the peer group. Ben Ashford
Author details
Total words: 13,680
Article count: 2
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
51% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 51.1% percentile 2.3% BS Score2 analyzed articles13.7K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Author 7.1% 7.1% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 3.6% 3.6% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 2.9% 2.9% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Author 0.4% 0.4% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 2.6% 2.6% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Author 0.3% 0.3% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 10.8% 10.8% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Author 0.2% 0.2% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 4.7% 4.7% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias Sitewide 3.1% Author 0.0% 0.0% 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 7.1%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 22.0%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 3.6%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 2.9%, sitewide 11.1% Biased Writer Voice: Author 10.8%, sitewide 5.3% Availability Heuristic: Author 2.6%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 4.7%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 5.4%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Author 0.3%, sitewide 6.7% Anecdotal: Author 4.3%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 0.2%, sitewide 4.0% Ad Hominem: Author 3.9%, sitewide 2.2% Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.4%, sitewide 3.7% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Author 3.5%, sitewide 2.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 3.0%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Author 0.0%, sitewide 3.1% Unattributed Quote: Author 2.8%, sitewide 1.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 2.8%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 1.8%, sitewide 2.7% Bandwagon: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.2% Red Herring: Author 2.0%, sitewide 0.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst