Author summary
47% 3 analyzed articles/videos 4,960 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Christie Thompson results contain 41 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization , Anecdotal , and Framing Effect , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 8.2% saturation with 2,201 hits . Analysis detected 15,597 faulty-reasoning hits from 26,683 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 22% (7,453 of 9,471 authors). This Christie Thompson is better (less manipulative) than 78.70% of the peer group. Christie Thompson
Author details
Total words: 26,683
Article count: 3
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
21% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 21.3% percentile 1.4% BS Score3 analyzed articles26.7K 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 5.0% 5.0% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Author 8.3% 8.3% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 5.0% 5.0% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 3.4% 3.4% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 3.2% 3.2% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 1.9% 1.9% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 0.5% 0.5% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Author 0.6% 0.6% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Author 0.3% 0.3% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Author 1.2% 1.2% 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 5.0%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 8.3%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 5.0%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Author 3.4%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Author 3.2%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 5.9%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 1.9%, sitewide 7.5% Optimism Bias: Author 0.5%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Author 0.6%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 5.2%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 1.2%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 2.2%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 1.0%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Author 0.3%, sitewide 2.5% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.9%, sitewide 1.9% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 1.9%, sitewide 0.8% Pessimism Bias: Author 1.8%, sitewide 1.9% Slippery Slope: Author 0.5%, sitewide 1.7% Begging the Question: Author 0.4%, sitewide 1.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst