Author summary
32% 2 analyzed articles/videos 1,087 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Christopher McFadden results contain 24 faulty reasoning types, including Attempt to Sell a Product or Service , Self-Serving Bias , and Appeal to Authority , with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 14.4% saturation with 626 hits . Analysis detected 2,804 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,348 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.7% and a BS Rank of 62% (3,355 of 8,674 authors). This Christopher McFadden is worse (more manipulative) than 61.30% of the peer group. Christopher McFadden
Author details
Total words: 4,348
Article count: 2
Publications
Ranking context Position among analyzed authors
61% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 61.3% percentile 2.7% BS Score2 analyzed articles4.3K 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 0.3% 0.3% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Author 0.6% 0.6% Attempt to Sell a Product… Sitewide 0.5% Author 10.3% 10.3% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Author 14.4% 14.4% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Author 1.2% 1.2% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Author 0.8% 0.8% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Author 0.7% 0.7% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Author 5.5% 5.5% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Author 0.2% 0.2% 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 4.5%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Author 0.3%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Author 0.6%, sitewide 15.9% Optimism Bias: Author 14.4%, sitewide 6.0% Appeal to Authority: Author 5.5%, sitewide 11.1% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 10.3%, sitewide 0.5% Availability Heuristic: Author 1.2%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Author 0.8%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 7.5% Self-Serving Bias: Author 6.9%, sitewide 3.7% Halo Effect: Author 5.5%, sitewide 6.7% Biased Writer Voice: Author 1.2%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Author 0.2%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.9%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Author 1.3%, sitewide 4.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 0.8%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.5%, sitewide 2.7% Status Quo Bias: Author 0.8%, sitewide 2.2% Unattributed Quote: Author 2.1%, sitewide 1.1% Representativeness Heuristic: Author 1.2%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 1.9% Begging the Question: Author 0.8%, sitewide 1.7% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 0.5%, sitewide 0.8% Quote-first Misdirection: Author 0.8%, sitewide 0.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Author rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst